On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 11:19 PM, Robert Stoll <rst...@tutteli.ch> wrote:
> Heya
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> I would like to have some opinions on the topic inconsistency between
> methods and __construct
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> See the following code:
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> class A {
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> function __construct($a) {}
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> function foo($a) {}
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> }
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> class B extends A {
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> function __construct($a, $b) {}
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> function foo($a, $b) {}
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> }
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> If you work in strict mode, then you will see the error message
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> Strict Standards: Declaration of B::foo() should be compatible with
> A::foo($a)
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> I perfectly understand that the strict standard cannot be applied to the
> __construct and I would not suggest to change that. But I think it is
> somewhat strange that I am able to call __construct as it was a normal
> method from everywhere.
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> Am I the only one thinking this, is there actually someone who is using
> __construct as re-initialising method?
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> Cheers,
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> Robert
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php doesn't invoke the parent's constructor from the subclass if the
subclass also have a constructor, so in that case calling
parent::__construct() manually is your only option if you want the parent
constructor to be executed.
--
Ferenc Kovács
@Tyr43l - http://tyrael.hu
