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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] constructors are callable as regular functions.
From: kalle@php.net (Kalle Sommer Nielsen)

2009/7/2 troels knak-nielsen <troelskn@gmail.com>:
> [snip] ... - I don't remember ever
> seen __construct() called directly.

Its commonly done when extending reflection for example, or to
populate the Exception class constructor when extending it:

<?php
    class TestException extends Exception
    {
        public function __construct($code, $message)
        {
            $this->code = (integer) $code;

            parent::__construct($message);
        }
    }
?>

Or more complex constructors without having to re-implement their
logic / handling of constructing the object.




-- 
regrads,

Kalle Sommer Nielsen
kalle@php.net