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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Class constructor behaviour
From: sebastian@php.net (Sebastian Bergmann)

Am 17.01.2015 um 15:02 schrieb Dan Ackroyd:
> class constructors

 <nitpicking>
 PHP does not have class constructors (static method automatically
 invoked when a class is initialized). It only supports object
 constructors (method automatically invoked when an object is
 created).
 </nitpicking>

> Several classes in PHP return null when there is a problem in the
> parameters passed to their constructor e.g.
> 
> [...]
> 
> Several constructors check the parameters that they are given.....and
> then just give a warning when they are not acceptable. e.g.
> 
> [...]
> 
> Some constructors check the parameters they are given, and then emit
> either a 'Catchable fatal error' error or other error e.g.

 Classes implemented in C / provided by PHP must not have any of
 the above issues. +1 for fixing them.