Re: [RFC] Callable constructors

Hi! > If constructors had always been callable in PHP, this would be a > standard thing to do and not controversial imo. It's only due to > reasons lost in the mists of time, that object instantiation can only > be invoked via 'new' that it's not possible currently, and so needs an > RFC to change. Constructors have always been callable in PHP and still are. They are functions like any other. What you need is a factory method, not a constructor - constructor is called to initialize object, not create it. But you can create factory methods at will, you just don't have to call it __construct. -- Stas Malyshev smalyshev@gmail.com