Methods

What is a method?

• procedure
• subroutine 
• function 
• linked to a class

what are methods used for?

• Communicate with the objects 
• Have objects within the class carry out tasks 
• Displaying an address 
• Opening and closing method for Windows 
• Displaying information 

How to write a method

• Start with    function display() {
• $output .= $this->street_address
• This recalls the object from the class to output this specific object  
• The next $output will assign the next object to be outputed
• Conclude method with     return $output; }

How to make a method work

• We must define the objects within the class that the method is linked to 
• This occurs in a php document and is saved as class.blank.inc
• This is how that looks class Address { var $street_address;
• Must also create HTML where users can enter information needed to
• complete the method.