Re: [RFC] Remove PHP 4 Constructors

> On 19 Jan 2015, at 10:05, Tony Marston <TonyMarston@hotmail.com> wrote: > > "Marcio Almada" wrote in message > news:CAOsHV+uhO3OVS-BEQMDjomz4SDWOYjN7ZNMCqMT8BYyNuGQVXw@mail.gmail.com... >> >>> Perhaps there should be a new rule which says that invoking a constructor with anything >>> other than "new" or "parent::__contruct()" >>> should be illegal, in which case this situation would generate an error. >> >> Now this would break a lot of code that $obj->__construct(); or >> $this->__construct(); And I've seen a lot of it. > > Surely, according to the principles of OO, a class constructor should ONLY be called when the > class is constructed/instantiated into an object via the "new" verb? Google for > "class constructor" and you will see all those links which say the same thing. Inheritance is also an OO principle, and typically a derived class’s constructor will call the parent’s. -- Andrea Faulds http://ajf.me/