RE: [PHP] __construct __destruct in PHP 4

Hi, Yes I have been reading both sections and is aware of the different sections for PHP 4 and 5. I was just hoping there was something missing in the manual for PHP 4 as I'd love to have a __destruct method to work with. There are other solutions around this. Basically I just want to make sure that the objects that have a save() method are saved correctly before they are destroyed. With PHP 4 I just need to do this "manually". I could probably just write a cleanup function that will be executed in the end of each scripts that checks if objects have a save() method and then executes that one. Or better: Check if there is a method __destruct() existing and use that when cleaning up. Then it would be forward compatible with PHP 5 as well :) Best regards, Peter Lauri www.dwsasia.com - company web site www.lauri.se - personal web site www.carbonfree.org.uk - become Carbon Free -----Original Message----- From: Larry E. Ullman [mailto:LarryUllman@DMCInsights.Com] Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2007 4:09 PM To: Peter Lauri Cc: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP] __construct __destruct in PHP 4 > I have been trying going thru the PHP manual to find if there are any > equivalent to the __contruct and __destruct in PHP 4, but I cannot > find any > solution for this part. I know it was introduced in PHP 5, but as > __sleep > and __wakeup exist in PHP 4 already I was hoping there is something > like > __init and __die in PHP 4 :-) In PHP 4 the constructor has the same name as the class (like C++). See http://us3.php.net/manual/en/language.oop.constructor.php There is no destructor in PHP 4. Larry PS The manual has two sets of OOP documentation: one for PHP 4 & another for PHP 5. Make sure you're viewing the right set.