Req #62859 [NEW]: Give __construct() the respect it deserves

From: michaelduff2 at yahoo dot com Operating system: PHP version: Irrelevant Package: *General Issues Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description:Give __construct() the respect it deserves Description: ------------ Here's a PHP6 -- or PHP7 ;) request for you; many will scream NOOOOoooooooo, but hear me out: Make it possible to return an object from __construct(). Yeah, I said it. Sounds crazy, but this would make factories more abstract, and enables all sorts of magic without user code being any wiser (unless they Reflect upon it, I suppose.) For type safety, the object returned should probably be an instanceof __CLASS__. If no return() exists, then normal 'new' semantics would apply. Discuss. -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=62859&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62859&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62859&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62859&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62859&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62859&r=needdocs Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62859&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62859&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62859&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62859&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62859&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62859&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62859&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62859&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62859&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62859&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62859&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62859&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62859&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62859&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62859&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62859&r=mysqlcfg