Re: Why parent::construct not called?

At 18:02 23.02.2003, michel 'ziobudda' morelli wrote:

Il dom, 2003-02-23 alle 17:32, Marcus Börger ha scritto: You can do the following: class derived extends base {

         function __construct() {
                 parent::__construct();
                 echo "derived::__construct()\n";
         }

I know know. What I want to know is why the base::__construct() is called (in automatic) only when derived::__constuct() is missing. I think that or the base::__construct() is always in automatic called or it is never called (always in automatic).

In ZE2 each class has a constructor. That constructor can be overwritten by writing a method named "__construct". So far so good. Unlike other languages, C++ for one, PHP does not call any inherited constructors automatically, C++ calls the default constructor if not set explicitly. But PHP inherits the constructor if it is not redeclared/overwritten. Therfor if the base has a constructor and the derived has not the inherited (the one from base) is called. regards marcus -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Marcus Börger - Looking for all sorts of freelance work - just ask... Did i help you? Consider a gift: http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/wishlist/ho722v0rg1u0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------