Re: [RFC] Remove PHP 4 Constructors

On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 5:15 AM, Yasuo Ohgaki <yohgaki@ohgaki.net> wrote: > Hi all, > > On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 8:11 AM, Levi Morrison <levim@php.net> wrote: > >> I am proposing an RFC[1] to remove PHP 4 constructors in PHP 7. If >> accepted, methods with the same name as their defining class will no >> longer be recognized as constructors. As noted in the RFC, there are >> already many situations where we do not recognize these methods as >> constructors, such as in namespaces and traits and when `function >> __construct` is also present. >> >> Andrea Faulds has kindly written a utility that identifies when a PHP >> 4 constructor is defined[2]. It does not automatically change the code >> for liability reasons. The utility PHPMD[3] can also detect this but >> has a false positive when __construct is also defined. >> > > No reason to keep old constructor for PHP7. IMHO. > +1 for removing it PHP7, announce depreciation now. This is obviously a +1. Julien.Pauli