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The Protected Access Control Modifier

Explore how the protected access modifier works in PHP object-oriented programming. Understand its role in allowing properties and methods to be accessed within parent and child classes, and why it prevents access errors that can occur with private modifiers.

Protected access modifier

The protected modifier allows us to use code from both inside the class and from its child classes. When we declare a property or a method as protected, we can approach it from both the parent ...