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never_had_a_name
never_had_a_name

Reputation: 93206

use Classname() or __construct() as constructor in CodeIgniter?

should i use Classname() or __construct() as constructor in CodeIgniter?

both work, which should i use?

Upvotes: 6

Views: 1612

Answers (2)

sanjeev
sanjeev

Reputation: 1

ClassName() and __construct() is same that is known as constructor.

__construct() function is most useful comparison to className() because when you change your ClassName() you have to change your constructor name but no need to change __construct() and also use in child class.

Upvotes: 0

Pascal MARTIN
Pascal MARTIN

Reputation: 401022

Classname() is the old way (i.e. PHP 4 way).

__construct() is the new (i.e. PHP 5) way.

You should use the second one, if your application is written with PHP 5 -- and you should write your applications with PHP 5 in mind !


See the Constructors and Destructors section in the manual, which states (quoting) :

For backwards compatibility, if PHP 5 cannot find a __construct() function for a given class, it will search for the old-style constructor function, by the name of the class.

Upvotes: 9

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