How can the issue of using private properties in a class be resolved in PHP versions prior to PHP 5?

In PHP versions prior to PHP 5, private properties cannot be directly accessed outside of the class they are defined in. To work around this limitation, you can create getter and setter methods within the class to access and modify the private properties. 

<?php
class MyClass {
    private $privateProperty;

    public function setPrivateProperty($value) {
        $this->privateProperty = $value;
    }

    public function getPrivateProperty() {
        return $this->privateProperty;
    }
}

$obj = new MyClass();
$obj->setPrivateProperty("Hello, World!");
echo $obj->getPrivateProperty(); // Output: Hello, World!
?>

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private properties class PHP 5 access modifiers visibility restrictions

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