Zend Exam 200-710 Topic 6 Question 92 Discussion

Actual exam question for Zend's 200-710 exam

Question #: 92
Topic #: 6

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Consider the following code. What change must be made to the class for the code to work as written?

class Magic {

protected $v = array("a" => 1, "b" => 2, "c" => 3);

public function __get($v) {

return $this->v[$v];

}

$m = new Magic();

$m->d[] = 4;

echo $m->d[0];

ANothing, this code works just fine.

BAdd __set method doing $this->v[$var] = $val

CRewrite __get as: public function __get(&$v)

DRewrite __get as: public function &__get($v)

EMake __get method static

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Suggested Answer: D

by Elenora at Jul 10, 2025, 06:36 AM

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Sharen

1 days ago

Ha! This is a classic trick question. The answer is clearly A, the code works just fine as is. Those other options are just trying to confuse us.

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Lili

3 days ago

I disagree, I believe the answer is D) Rewrite __get as: public function &__get($v)

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Tamekia

5 days ago

Hmm, I'm not so sure. I'm leaning towards D, where we need to use a reference in the __get method to allow modifying the array element.

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Corrie

7 days ago

I think the answer is B) Add __set method doing $this->v[$var] = $val

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Desire

7 days ago

Wow, this is a tricky one! I think the answer is B, since we need to add an __set method to allow writing to the array.

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Rima

57 minutes ago

I agree, adding an __set method would allow writing to the array.

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Crissy

2 days ago

I think the answer is B, we need to add an __set method.

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