What are some best practices for handling object properties in PHP OOP?

When working with object properties in PHP OOP, it is best practice to encapsulate them by defining them as private or protected and providing public methods (getters and setters) to access and modify them. This helps to maintain data integrity and allows for better control over how the properties are accessed and manipulated. 

class User {
    private $name;
    
    public function getName() {
        return $this->name;
    }
    
    public function setName($name) {
        $this->name = $name;
    }
}

$user = new User();
$user->setName('John Doe');
echo $user->getName(); // Output: John Doe

Keywords

encapsulation inheritance polymorphism visibility access modifiers

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