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PHP Object-Oriented PHP Basics (Retired) Inheritance, Interfaces, and Exceptions Final Challenge

Katie Charles-McGrath
Katie Charles-McGrath
1,823 Points

echo the result of a method

In the OOP PHP Basics course, I am on a step in the code challenge where I am supposed to echo the result of getInfo for my $brook_trout object.

I have:

echo $brook_trout->getInfo;

And I'm getting an error, "Bummer! Did you echo the result of getOutput on $brook_trout? As far as I can tell I am doing that correctly, but I also don't know where "getOutput" is coming from since the function is called getInfo, so I'm thinking maybe this is an error with the challenge?

fish.php
<?php

class Fish
{
    public $common_name;
    public $flavor;
    public $record_weight;

    function __construct($name, $flavor, $record){
        $this->common_name = $name;
        $this->flavor = $flavor;
        $this->record_weight = $record;
    }

    public function getInfo() {
        $output  = "The {$this->common_name} is an awesome fish. ";
        $output .= "It is very {$this->flavor} when eaten. ";
        $output .= "Currently the world record {$this->common_name} weighed {$this->record_weight}.";
        return $output;
    }
}

class Trout extends Fish
{
  public $species;
  function __construct($name, $flavor, $record, $species){
    parent::__construct($name, $flavor, $record);
    $this->species = $species;
  }

  public function getInfo() {
    return "The {$this->species} of {$this->common_name} tastes {$this->flavor}. The record {$this->common_name} weighed {$this->record_weight}.";
  }
}
$brook_trout = new Trout("Trout", "Delicious", "14 pounds 8 ounces", "Brook");
echo $brook_trout->getInfo;
?>

1 Answer

Lucas Santos
Lucas Santos
19,315 Points

You need to call the method with parentheses ().

echo $brook_trout->getInfo();
Katie Charles-McGrath
Katie Charles-McGrath
1,823 Points

Whoops! Should have caught that. Thank you!