Doc #66894 [Ana->Csd]: Taking old-style-constructor instead of unified one

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=66894&edit=1 ID: 66894 Updated by: cmb@php.net Reported by: nicolas dot abbuehl at gmail dot com Summary: Taking old-style-constructor instead of unified one -Status: Analyzed +Status: Closed Type: Documentation Problem Package: Class/Object related PHP Version: Irrelevant -Assigned To: +Assigned To: cmb Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: This bug has been fixed in the documentation's XML sources. Since the online and downloadable versions of the documentation need some time to get updated, we would like to ask you to be a bit patient. Thank you for the report, and for helping us make our documentation better. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2017-01-08 16:25:07] cmb@php.net Automatic comment from SVN on behalf of cmb Revision: http://svn.php.net/viewvc/?view=revision&amp;revision=341633 Log: Fix #66894: Taking old-style-constructor instead of unified one ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2014-03-13 05:51:15] nicolas dot abbuehl at gmail dot com Yes, I meant to have ChildClass extend ParentClass, I failed to copy out my code the correct way. Sorry about that. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2014-03-13 01:35:00] rasmus@php.net I assume you meant to have ChildClass extend ParentClass because as-written your example makes very little sense. This is however not a bug. If a class has an old-style constructor, it will be called, regardless of whether its parent may have a constructor. So this is a documentation problem. Re-classifying. And yes, it has always been like this for every version of PHP: http://3v4l.org/hR9CM ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2014-03-12 22:59:33] nicolas dot abbuehl at gmail dot com Description: ------------ Following scenario: A child-class, which is having an old-style-constructor (name of the child-class) extends a parent-class with a unified constructor. When initializing a new child-class, the child-class-constructor (which is the old one) get's carried out instead of the unified-constructor of the parent-class. According to the documentation (http://de.php.net/__construct, paragraph "For backwards compatibility, if PHP 5..."), this is the wrong behaviour. I am working with PHP 5.5.8, but it's reproducable in PHP 5.4 and 5.3. Test script: --------------- <?php class ParentClass { public function __construct() { echo 'ParentClass'; } } class ChildClass { public function ChildClass() { echo 'ChildClass'; } } $obj = new ChildClass(); ?> Expected result: ---------------- The script should echo 'ParentClass'. Actual result: -------------- The script echoes 'ChildClass'. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=66894&edit=1