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PHP $this class

Use of $this class in PHP

To access or change a class method or property within the class itself, it's necessary to prefix the corresponding method or property name with "$this" which refers to this class.

Access current class properties inside current class method

<?php

class demo

{

var $first=1000;

var $second=500;

function add( )

{   

$add=$this->first + $this->second;

echo "addition=".$add."<br/>";	

}

function sub( )
{

$sub=$this->first - $this->second;

echo "subtraction=".$sub;	

}

}

$obj= new demo();

$obj->add();

$obj->sub();

?>

Output addition=1500 subtraction=500

In the above example Create a class demo with two global properties $first hold 1000 and $second hold 500. Now want to access these class properties inside class method add( ) and sub( ). So inside add( ) method call these class properties( to prefix the corresponding property name with “$this”) with the help of "$this", store the result inside $add variable. Print the $add variable using echo statement. Do the same for sub( ) method and store the result in $sub variable. Now create the object of demo class, using "new" keyword and store the object reference in $obj variable. call the method add( ) and sub( ) with the help of object(using connector(->) ).

Access current class methods inside other method

<?php

class demo

{

var $first=1000;

var $second=500;

function  add( )

{   

$add=$this->first + $this->second;

echo "Addition=".$add."<br/>";	
}

function sub( )

{

$sub=$this->first - $this->second;

echo "Subtraction=".$sub."<br/>";	

}

function summary()

{

$this->add( );

$this->sub( );

$res=$this->first*$this->second;

echo "Multiplication=".$res;

}

}

$obj= new demo();

$obj->summary();

?>

Output Addition=1500 subtraction=500 Multiplication=500000

In the above example Create a class demo with two properties $first and $second, three methods add( ), subtract( ) and summary( ). Use the current class property $first and $second, inside add( ) and sub( ) method make calculation and store the result inside $add and $sub variable. Now Inside summary( ) method call the current class property $first and $second for multiplication, and print the result with the help of echo statement. Inside summary( ) method, call current class add( ) and sub( ) method using $this. after closing of class demo body, create object of demo class and store the object reference in $obj variable. call summary( ) method, with the help of connecter(connect class object with class method) and output will display addition, subtraction, and multiplication.

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