> > Am I the only one thinking this, is there actually someone who is using > > __construct as re-initialising method? > > > 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. >
AFAIU, Robert talks about the external invocation, e.g.: <?php $a = new Obj(); $a->__construct(); ?> Regards, Seva