PHP Private Variable Access

Question

This is a very silly question, but I don't know what's wrong. I can't get the value of a private variable through a public method. I'm using CodeIgniter.

class someClass extends MY_Model {
  private $table = 'sometable';
  public function getTable() {
    return $this->table;
  }
  public function updateTable($data) {
    $this->db->update($this->getTable(), $data);
  }
}

When I call this method from the controller, I get this message:

Fatal error: Access level to someClass::$table must be public (as in class MY_Model) in /some/path/someclass.php on line 38

What have I done wrong? Thank you.

JamesHalsall · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-15 23:45:33Z

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Your parent class MY_Model is declaring that field with public scope, so you must adhere to that in your child class.

answered Mar 15, 2013 at 23:45

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Eric Over a year ago

Thank you so much. I didn't realize $table is a variable in the super class.

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