Tag: properties

I would like to know the "best" – OOP-way – and WP-compatible – format for instantiating an object, while passing arguments ( which are defined as properties in the parent class ) – which are then cleanly and correctly available to all sub classes, which extend the parent.

I would like to know how to make $ this->slug ( the parent prop ) available cleanly within the sub class, without having to pass the arguments to this class constructor.

The example code concept below works, but something smells wrong:

<?php  // plugin.php  namespace Q\Plugin;  // If this file is called directly, Bulk! if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) {     return; }  // autoloader ## require_once __DIR__ . '/autoload.php';  // Define Class ## class Plugin {      // class properties ##     protected $  slug     = false;      // construct ##     public function __construct( Array $  args = [] ) {          // set class props, if defined - check using null coalescing operator ##         $  this->slug     = $  args['slug'] ?? false ;      }      // public init callback ##     public function init() {          // setup CPT ##         $  cpt = new \Q\Plugin\CPT([             'slug'      => $  this->slug,         ]);         $  cpt->init();      }  }  // instantiate the plugin class and make the returned object available as a (optional) global variable  ## global $  q_plugin; $  q_plugin = new Plugin([     'slug'      => 'q_cpt', // cpt slug -- singular ## ]); $  q_plugin->init();  // NAMESPACE/cpt.php  namespace Q\Plugin\CPT;  class CPT extends \Q\Plugin {      // construct ##     public function __construct( Array $  args = [] ) {          // store passed args ##         $  this->args = $  args;      }      // public init callback ##     public function init() {          // sanity ##         if(              ! isset( $  this->args['slug'] )          ){              error_log( 'Error in params passed to '.__CLASS__ );              return false;          }          // $  this->args['slug'] is now available to use in register_post_type function         // BUT, I would like to know how to make $  this->slug ( the parent prop ) available cleanly, without having to pass the arguments to this class constructor      }  } 

Thanks!