PHP vs Python vs Ruby – OOP style syntax

class Species {
	private $_type;
	private $_name;
 
	public function __construct($type, $name) {
		$this->_type = $type;
		$this->_name = $name;
	}
 
	public function __get($fieldName) {
		switch ($fieldName) {
	      case "type":
	        return $this->_type;
	      case "name":
	        return $this->_name;
	      default:
	        throw new Exception("Attempted to access invalid property: ".$fieldName);
	    }
	}
}
 
class Human extends Species
{
 
	public function getLegs() {
		return 2;
	}
}
 
 
$person1 = new Human('Neanderthal', 'Reinhold Weber');
echo $person1->name;
echo ' has '.$person1->getLegs().' legs.';

class Species:
	def __init__(self, type, name):
		self.__type = type
		self.__name = name
	def get_name(self):
		return self.__name
 
class Human(Species):
	def get_legs(self):
	  return 2
 
person1 = Human("Neanderthal", "Reinhold Weber")
print person1.get_name()
print ' has ' + str(person1.get_legs()) + ' legs.'

class Species
  attr_accessor :type, :name  
  def initialize(type, name)
    @type = type
    @name = name
  end
end
 
class Human < Species
  def getLegs
    return 2
  end
end
 
person1 = Human.new 'Neandethal', 'Reinhold Weber'
print person1.name
print " has #{person1.getLegs} legs."