PHP Community Marketing Expert Interview Question:

Explain me what are the 3 scope levels available in PHP and how would you define them?

Submitted by: Muhammad

Private – Visible only in its own class
Public – Visible to any other code accessing the class
Protected – Visible only to classes parent(s) and classes that extend the current class

This is important for any developer to know because it shows an understanding that building applications is more than just being able to write code. One must also have an understanding about privileges and accessibility of that code. There are times protected variables or methods are extremely important, and an understanding of scope is needed to protect the integrity of the data in your application along with provide a clear path through the code.
Submitted by: Muhammad