Question

I have the following variable available inside a view:

$recent_posts

It is an array so I performed a foreach loop on it and var dumped the result like so:

<? foreach($recent_posts as $post): ?>

<pre><?= var_dump($post) ?></pre>

<? endforeach ?>

This is the output I received from the vardump:

Array
(
    [obj] => models\Tag Object
        (
            [large_image:protected] => 
            [small_image:protected] => 
            [_obj_id] => 13493
            [_validator] => 
            [_values:protected] => Array
                (
                )

            [_dirty_values:protected] => Array
                (
                )

            [_type:protected] => 
            [_properties:protected] => Array
                (
                )

            [_is_loaded:protected] => 
            [_is_static:protected] => 
        )

)

How can I retrieve the values for each post. For example how can I get the large_image for a post? I tried this (without knowing what the heck I’m doing) and not surprisingly it didn’t work:

<?= $post->large_image ?>

Answer 1

large_image is protected, you cannot access protected members out side of the class (this context).

You have two options, add a getter function for large_image or make it public.

getter is a function that exposes private or protected member, for example

public function get_large_image(){
   return $this->large_image;
}