Re: [PHP] Confused with constructors

[Gareth Williams]

Try this:
class base_object()
{
        function base_object()
        {
                echo "I'm the base";
        }
        function base_test()
        {
                echo "I'm the base test";
        }
}
class extended_object() extends base_object
{
        function extended_object()
        {
                echo "I'm the extend object";
                $this->base_object();
        }
        function extended_test()
        {
                echo "I'm the extended test";
        }
}
Barring any syntax errors (I wrote this out of my head), this should 
show you that the base object is being properly constructed.

On 19 Nov 2004, at 09:02, Gerald Wharney wrote:
I'm trying the example at:
http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop.constructor.php
<?php
class A
{
   function A()
   {
       echo "I am the constructor of A.<br />\n";
   }
   function B()
   {
       echo "I am a regular function named B in class
A.<br />\n";
       echo "I am not a constructor in A.<br />\n";
   }
}
class B extends A
{
   function C()
   {
       echo "I am a regular function.<br />\n";
   }
}
// This will call B() as a constructor.
$b = new B;
?>
Running this on 4.3.9 both as an apache module and
from CLI I get:
I am a regular function named B in class A.
I am not a constructor in A.
This is contrary to what the manual says:
"This is fixed in PHP 4 by modifying the rule to: 'A
constructor is a function of the same name as the
class it is being defined in.'. Thus in PHP 4, the
class B would have no constructor function of its own
and the constructor of the base class would have been
called, printing 'I am the constructor of A.<br />'."
Is this an error in the manual?
Or a bug in php 4.3.9?
Or just me being stupid?
--
G W (no bush)

	
	
		
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