How to extend a method in php

Question

For instance I have the following class

class myClassName{

    function funtionOne(){

        $a = '123';
        $b = '456';
        $c = '789';

        $d = 'var_value';
        $e = 'var_value';
        $f = 'var_value';
    }

    function funtionTwo(){
        $a = '123';
        $b = '456';
        $c = '789';

        $g = 'var_value';
        $h = 'var_value';
        $i = 'var_value';
    }

}

As you can see the variables $a, $b, $c are in both methods. My question is: How can I extend a method so get something like this:

class myClassName{

    function funtionABC(){
        $a = '123';
        $b = '456';
        $c = '789';
    }

    function funtionOne(){

        include functionABC's content here

        $d = 'var_value';
        $e = 'var_value';
        $f = 'var_value';
    }

    function funtionOne(){

        include functionABC's content here

        $g = 'var_value';
        $h = 'var_value';
        $i = 'var_value';
    }

}

Note: I do not want to return anything from the function, just want to retrieve the content, as you would with an include() or a trait. Thank you.

You can use member variables. – Sougata Bose Jan 24 '18 at 07:15 — Sougata Bose, Jan 24 '18 at 07:15

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 24 '18 at 07:18

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class myClassName{
    public $a, $b, $c;

    function Init_funtionABC(){
        $this->a = '123';
        $this->b = '456';
        $this->c = '789';
    }

    function funtionOne(){

        Init_funtionABC();

        //you can access $this->a , $this->b , $this->c here

        $d = 'var_value';
        $e = 'var_value';
        $f = 'var_value';
    }

    function funtionOne(){

        Init_funtionABC();

        //you can access $this->a , $this->b , $this->c here

        $g = 'var_value';
        $h = 'var_value';
        $i = 'var_value';
    }

}

answered Jan 24 '18 at 07:18

Thamaraiselvam

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If those member variables be used inside that class only then they should be private. – Sougata Bose Jan 24 '18 at 07:25
Yeah. That is just an example. – Thamaraiselvam Jan 24 '18 at 07:25
Thanks a lot! I would still have to do $a = $this->a; – Diego Poveda Jan 24 '18 at 07:38
Why you have already `$this->a` you can use it. – Thamaraiselvam Jan 24 '18 at 07:42
I would still have to do `$a = $this->a; $b = $this->b; $c = $this->c`; within each of the methods. My goal is not to redeclare the variables in each method and still be able to use the compact() php function to pass those variables to a Laravel view. However this is a right answer for the question asked. – Diego Poveda Jan 24 '18 at 07:51
Then you need to init method on constructor, so you do not need to redeclare on each methods or use global var. Still am not clear you exact usecase – Thamaraiselvam Jan 24 '18 at 07:55

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