why uninitialized property is made public in class?

Question

Consider below code please:

class foo {
    function bar() {
        $this->baz = \'hello there!\';
    }
}

$f = new foo;
$f->bar();
echo $f->baz; // h         


        

Answer 1

By default it is set to public.

Refer to this link: http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.visibility.php