How do I declare a variable of an extended class in php

Question

I am trying to declare a variable, specifically the $publisher variable , but it is not working. I am unsure if I have extended the class correctly.

Books is the main class and Novel is the extended class.

THE PHP CLASSES

class Books {

    /* Member variables */
    public $price;
    public $title;

    /* Member functions */
    public function setPrice($par){
        $this->price = $par;    
    }

    public function getPrice(){
        echo $this->price.'<br/>';
    }

    public function setTitle($par){
        $this->title = $par;
    }

    public function getTitle(){
        echo $this->title.'<br/>';
    }

    public function __construct($par1,$par2){
        $this->title = $par1;
        $this->price = $par2;
    }

}

class Novel extends Books {
    public  $publisher;

    public function setPublisher($par){
        $this->publisher = $par;
    }

    public function getPublisher(){
        echo $this->publisher;
    }

}

** CALLING THE CLASS **

include 'includes/book.inc.php';

$physics = new Books("Physics for High School" , 2000);
$chemistry = new Books("Advanced Chemistry" , 1200);
$maths = new Books("Algebra", 3400);


$physics->getTitle();
$chemistry->getTitle();
$maths->getTitle();

$physics->getPrice();
$chemistry->getPrice();
$maths->getPrice();

if (class_exists('Novel')) {
    echo 'yes';
}

$pN = new Novel();
$pN->setPublisher("Barnes and Noble");
$pN->getPublisher();

** THE RESULT **

Physics for High School
Advanced Chemistry
Algebra
2000
1200
3400
yes

As you can see it does not declare the $Publisher() Value.

My question is What am I missing?

Answer 1

If you enable error reporting you will see the error, the code is not actually being run.

Fatal error: Uncaught ArgumentCountError: Too few arguments to function Books::__construct(), 0 passed in ... on line 62 and exactly 2 expected

Because you are extending the class and the parent has a construct, you need to either pass it the values $pN = new Novel('To Kill a Mockingbird', 2.99); , or define them a default.

public function __construct($par1 = '',$par2 = ''){
    $this->title = $par1;
    $this->price = $par2;
}

Then it will work fine:

Physics for High School
Advanced Chemistry
Algebra
2000
1200
3400
yesBarnes and Noble

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