Re: redefined constructor: old and new syntax
| From: | Stanislav Malyshev | Date: | Thu, 18 Mar 2004 08:59:40 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: redefined constructor: old and new syntax | ||
| References: | 1 2 | Groups: | php.internals |
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Why would anyone need this? if __construct() contains php5-only syntax, it
won't work anyway on php4. If it contains something that works in php4 -
why do you need separate constructor? Anyway, since in no place besides
constructor you can not do such tricks - why constructors should be the
only place in the language where such tricks are used? What's so special
in them?
AG>> > >> class MyClass
AG>> > >> {
AG>> > >> function MyClass() {
AG>> > >> //constructor for php4,
AG>> > >> //SHOULD be ignored by php5
AG>> > >> }
AG>> > >>
AG>> > >> function __construct() {
AG>> > >> //constructor for php5,
AG>> > >> //ignored by php4
AG>> > >> }
AG>> > >> }
AG>> > >>
AG>> > >>
AG>> > >> i.e. it doesn't allow a class to work on both php4 and php5. Or
AG>> > >> am I missing something obvious?
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