What is encapsulation with simple example in php?

Question

What is encapsulation with simple example in php?

Answer 1

Simply I prefer that is visibility of your class's property and method. For example- - public - private - protected

Let's take a look real life example for encapsulation.

 class MyClass{
    private $name;

    public function showName($newName){
        $this->name = $newName;
        return $this->name;
    }
 }


 //instantiate object

 $obj = new MyClass();
 echo $obj->showName("tisuchi");

In this case, encapsulation means, we restrict some properties. Like, name property, we can not access from outside of the class. On the other hand, we can access public function entitled showName() with one private parameter.

Simply what I prefer of encapsulation is-

visibility of your property and method.

Although, if you have any intension to understand encapsulation further, I refer to my special tutorial based on encapsulation.

http://tisuchi.com/object-oriented-php-part-3-encapsulation-php/

Hope, it will make your concept more clear. Have fun!