Re: Class constructor

On 31 Jan 2006, at 13:52, David Grant wrote:

Drop __construct, PHP5 will call Test() anyway. From http://uk.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.decon.php: "For backwards compatibility, if PHP 5 cannot find a __construct() function for a given class, it will search for the old-style constructor function, by the name of the class."

Sure, if you're planning on writing 'backwards' code for ever more... For maximum efficiency in PHP5, do it this way around: class test{ function Test(){ $this->__construct() //This will be called in PHP4 } function __construct(){ //This will be called in PHP5 } } Why penalise the platform you're intending to run it on? Marcus -- Marcus Bointon Synchromedia Limited: Putting you in the picture marcus@synchromedia.co.uk | http://www.synchromedia.co.uk