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PHP

James Preus Jr.
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James Preus Jr.
Courses Plus Student 8,582 Points
Posted by James Preus Jr.
James Preus Jr.
Courses Plus Student 8,582 Points

Object-Oriented PHP Basics - Section: Building The Recipe - Code Challenge: Static Answer Help

I am confused on how to solve this Code Challenge. I think I'm making it harder than it is and starting to get myself confused. Here is the question from the Code Challenge:

*Th accepted parameter $room will be an object which has a method named getDimensions. Add a return value to the detailsKitchen method that displays "Kitchen Dimensions: length x width", where length x width is returned from the displayDimensions method.

You will need to call the static method displayDimensions from within the Render class and pass the dimensions from the $room object using the getDimensions method

Final Output Example: Kitchen Dimensions: 12 x 14

Below is as what I have in the code editor:

class Render {

  public static function displayDimensions($size)
  {
    return $size[0] . ' x ' . $size[1];
  }

  public static function detailsKitchen($room)
  {
   return "Kitchen Dimensions: " . $room; 
  }

  public function getDimensions()
  {
    return self::displayDimensions($size);
  }  
}

That is as far as I was able to make it without any help. Can someone please help me figure out how to complete this Code Challenge? Thank you!

2 Answers

Ron Szymanski
Ron Szymanski
13,460 Points

Hi James You do not need to add the method getDimensions to the Render this is already given by the $room object. Just pass the value to displayDimensions like so.

    public static function detailsKitchen($room){
      $output = "Kitchen Dimensions: ";
      $output .= self::displayDimensions($room->getDimensions());
      return $output;
    }
Simon Coates
Simon Coates
28,694 Points
Simon Coates
Simon Coates
28,694 Points 
class Render {
    public static function displayDimensions($size)
    {
      return "{$size[0]} x {$size[1]}";
    }
  public static function detailsKitchen($room){
    return "Kitchen Dimensions: ".self::displayDimensions($room->getDimensions());
  }
}

update: looks like Ron Szymanski beat me to the punch.