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From: Weedpacket@varteg.nz (Morgan)

On 2025-07-04 19:38, Alexandru Pătrănescu wrote:
> 
> I'm thinking about constructors usually like this:
> They are functions that are invoked statically (using the `new` keyword) 
> on the class before the object is created, and they execute on instance 
> level, after the object is created.
> 
> They are called as static methods, and they are very similar to static 
> factory methods, and for better or worse, static methods are supported 
> in interfaces.
> 
They're really more instance methods (they need an instance to exist for 
them to act on, hence $this). The "new" operator creates the instance 
and then the __construct method is called on that new instance.

One consequence of this is that the __construct method can be called 
_after_ instantiation (because in the normal course of things it _is_):


class Foo
{
	public function __construct(public int $v=0)
	{
		echo "Constructed {$this->v}!";
	}
}

$t = Foo::__construct(5);


$u = new Foo(17);
$u->__construct(42);