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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<!-- $Revision: 1.16 $ -->
 <sect1 xml:id="language.oop5.decon" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
  <title>Constructors and Destructors</title>

  <sect2 xml:id="language.oop5.decon.constructor">
   <title>Constructor</title>
   <methodsynopsis>
    <type>void</type><methodname>__construct</methodname>
    <methodparam choice="opt"><type>mixed</type><parameter>args</parameter></methodparam>
    <methodparam choice="opt"><parameter>...</parameter></methodparam>
   </methodsynopsis>
   <para>
    PHP 5 allows developers to declare constructor methods for classes.
    Classes which have a constructor method call this method on each
    newly-created object, so it is suitable for any initialization that the
    object may need before it is used.
   </para>
   <note>
    <simpara>
     Parent constructors are not called implicitly if the child class defines
     a constructor.  In order to run a parent constructor, a call to
     <function>parent::__construct</function> within the child constructor is
     required.
    </simpara>
   </note>
   <example>
    <title>using new unified constructors</title>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
class BaseClass {
   function __construct() {
       print "In BaseClass constructor\n";
   }
}

class SubClass extends BaseClass {
   function __construct() {
       parent::__construct();
       print "In SubClass constructor\n";
   }
}

$obj = new BaseClass();
$obj = new SubClass();
?> 
]]>
    </programlisting>
   </example>
   <para>
    For backwards compatibility, if PHP 5 cannot find a 
    <function>__construct</function> function for a given class, it will
    search for the old-style constructor function, by the name of the class.
    Effectively, it means that the only case that would have compatibility
    issues is if the class had a method named 
    <function>__construct</function> which was used for different semantics.
   </para>
  </sect2>

  <sect2 xml:id="language.oop5.decon.destructor">
   <title>Destructor</title>
   <methodsynopsis>
    <type>void</type><methodname>__destruct</methodname>
    <void />
   </methodsynopsis>
   <para>
    PHP 5 introduces a destructor concept similar to that of other
    object-oriented languages, such as C++. The destructor method will be
    called as soon as all references to a particular object are removed or when
    the object is explicitly destroyed or in any order in shutdown sequence.
   </para>
   <example>
    <title>Destructor Example</title>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
class MyDestructableClass {
   function __construct() {
       print "In constructor\n";
       $this->name = "MyDestructableClass";
   }

   function __destruct() {
       print "Destroying " . $this->name . "\n";
   }
}

$obj = new MyDestructableClass();
?> 
]]>
    </programlisting>
   </example>
   <para>
    Like constructors, parent destructors will not be called implicitly by
    the engine. In order to run a parent destructor, one would have to
    explicitly call <function>parent::__destruct</function> in the destructor
    body.
   </para>
   <note>
    <para>
     Destructors called during the script shutdown have HTTP headers already
     sent. The working directory in the script shutdown phase can be different
     with some SAPIs (e.g. Apache).
    </para>
   </note>
   <note>
    <para>
     Attempting to throw an exception from a destructor (called in the time of
     script termination) causes a fatal error.
    </para>
   </note>
  </sect2>

 </sect1>

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