Object interfaces allow you to create code which specifies which methods a class must implement, without having to define how these methods are handled.
It defined using the interface keyword, in the same way as a standard class, but without any of the methods having their contents defined.
// Declare the interface ‘iTemplate’
interface iTemplate
{
public function setVariable($name, $var);
public function getHtml($template);
}
// Implement the interface
// This will work
class Template implements iTemplate
{
private $vars = array();
public function setVariable($name, $var)
{
$this->vars[$name] = $var;
}
public function getHtml($template)
{
foreach($this->vars as $name => $value) {
$template = str_replace(‘{‘ . $name . ‘}’, $value, $template);
}
return $template;
}
}
// This will not work
// Fatal error: Class BadTemplate contains 1 abstract methods
// and must therefore be declared abstract (iTemplate::getHtml)
class BadTemplate implements iTemplate
{
private $vars = array();
public function setVariable($name, $var)
{
$this->vars[$name] = $var;
}
}
interface a
{
public function foo();
}
interface b
{
public function bar();
}
interface c extends a, b
{
public function baz();
}
class d implements c
{
public function foo()
{
}
public function bar()
{
}
public function baz()
{
}
}
