note 61083 added to language.oop5.decon

as [kida at keymail dot it] said you can't weaken a visibility of constructor when extending some class. but suggested trick that uses both old and new constructor namimg syntaxes to weaken visibility from 'protected' to 'public' seems a little bit odd. allthough it works allright. declaring extended class as 'abstract' with 'public' constructor will do quite the same thing in a more elegant manner and without any syntax mess. <?php class A { public function __construct() { //do smth } } abstract class B extends A { public function __construct() { parent::__construct(); } } ?> thus, you avoid instanciating class B as if it had a protected contructor ---- Server IP: 195.54.192.44 Probable Submitter: 213.147.37.165 (proxied: unknown) ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.decon.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+61083 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+61083&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+61083&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+61083&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+61083&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: non-english -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+61083&report=yes&reason=non-english Delete: already in docs -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+61083&report=yes&reason=already+in+docs Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+61083&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+61083&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php