[el_pancho]

Hi everyone!

i have a doubt about constructors, wich way is the correct one to set up a constructor

   
   class example
      {
           public function example()
                 {
                   //some code
                 }
      }

// OR
   
   class example
      {
           public function __construct()
                 {
                   //some code
                 }
      }

[Atli]

Depends on your PHP version. Your first version is how it was done in PHP4. The second version is how we currently do it in PHP5.

These days you should have long since moved on from PHP4, so the second version is what you should be doing. PHP5 still allows the PHP4 syntax, but only for backwards compatibility.

http://www.php.net/m....oop5.decon.php

php.net said:

For backwards compatibility, if PHP 5 cannot find a __construct() function for a given class, it will search for the old-style constructor function, by the name of the class.

This post has been edited by Atli: 02 September 2012 - 03:16 PM

[el_pancho]

Atli, on 02 September 2012 - 10:59 AM, said:

Depends on your PHP version. The first version is how it was done in PHP4. The second version is how we currently do it in PHP5.

These days you should have long since moved on from PHP4, so the second version is what you should be doing. PHP5 still allows the PHP4 syntax, but only for backwards compatibility.

http://www.php.net/m....oop5.decon.php

php.net said:

For backwards compatibility, if PHP 5 cannot find a __construct() function for a given class, it will search for the old-style constructor function, by the name of the class.

Thank you Atli.