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Saladin Akara
Saladin Akara

Reputation: 2548

PHP Inheritance Question

If I have the following class:

class foo {
    function __construct() {
        // Some code
    }
}

And then use inheritance to create:

class bar extends foo {
    // Some code
}

When I instantiate class 'bar', will it automatically execute the __construct method from 'foo' or do I need to do something else to get that method to execute?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 162

Answers (4)

pilotstarmedia.com
pilotstarmedia.com

Reputation: 577

Of course when you extend a class, the subclass inherits all of the public and protected methods from the parent class.

Upvotes: 0

The Surrican
The Surrican

Reputation: 29856

it works, the constructer from the parent class will be inherited. if you define a new constructor in the instaciated class, it will override the constructor function of the parent class. if you still want to execute the parent constructer you should include

parent::__construct();

in the constructer of thje isntanciated class

Upvotes: 2

bcat
bcat

Reputation: 8941

From the manual:

Note: Parent constructors are not called implicitly if the child class defines a constructor.

While the documentation doesn't state it explicitly, the inverse of this sentence is also true, i.e., parent constructors are called implicitly if the child class does not define a constructor. Therefore, in your example, instantiating bar would call foo::__construct automatically.

Upvotes: 5

Matchu
Matchu

Reputation: 85784

The __construct will carry over, yes.

The issue comes when you want to add something to that function, which is when the parent class comes in handy.

class bar extends foo {
    $this->doSomethingElse();
    parent::__construct();
}

Upvotes: 1

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