__construct is like a normal method but without E_STRICT View as Markdown

Heya

I would like to have some opinions on the topic inconsistency between
methods and __construct

See the following code:

class A {

            function __construct($a) {}

            function foo($a) {}

}

class B extends A {

            function __construct($a, $b) {}

            function foo($a, $b) {}

}

If you work in strict mode, then you will see the error message

Strict Standards: Declaration of B::foo() should be compatible with
A::foo($a)

I perfectly understand that the strict standard cannot be applied to the
__construct and I would not suggest to change that. But I think it is
somewhat strange that I am able to call __construct as it was a normal
method from everywhere.

Am I the only one thinking this, is there actually someone who is using
__construct as re-initialising method?

Cheers,

Robert

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.

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