Re: invoking unrelated constructor's

On 22 Nov 2013, at 14:03, Sachin Raut <imsachinraut@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks Stuart. Will remember your advise. Great, but you didn’t answer the question. What you’re looking to do here is really bad design, and there’s definitely a better way of doing it. -Stuart -- Stuart Dallas 3ft9 Ltd http://3ft9.com/ > On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 7:06 PM, Stuart Dallas <stuart@3ft9.com> wrote: > On 22 Nov 2013, at 13:33, Sachin Raut <imsachinraut@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Query relate to constructors > > > > > > Dear Friends, > > > > I am reading PHP book & it says that unrelated constructors can be invoked > > as follows. > > > > > > <?php > > > > class A > > > > { > > > > function __construct() > > > > { > > > > echo "This is A's constructor"; > > > > } > > > > } > > > > class B > > > > { > > > > function __construct() > > > > { > > > > A::__construct(); > > > > echo "This is B's constructor"; > > > > } > > > > } > > > > $obj=new B(); > > > > ?> > > > > > > But i am getting an error "Non-static method A::__construct() cannot be > > called statically". > > > > > > Can someone please throw some light if there is anything i am missing in > > above code. > > Your PHP book is out of date. Methods must now be declared as static if they are to be called statically, otherwise you cannot call them statically. > > The more important question is why the heck you would want to do what you’re trying to do? Calling another class’s constructor seems like a really really really bad idea, not to mention completely daft. > > -Stuart > > -- > Stuart Dallas > 3ft9 Ltd > http://3ft9.com/ >