From: david at nap dot edu
Operating system: Redhat Linux / Fedora Core 3
PHP version: 5.0.5
PHP Bug Type: Feature/Change Request
Bug description: RNF: Configurable constructor lookup behavior
Description:
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I'd like a configuration option that would disable backward-compatible
lookups of class constructor names (ie. methods named the same as the
class).
I'm attempting to implement a Hibernate-like persistence layer for php
objects. To facilitate this, several things happen at object creation
time, currently using the 'magic method' __construct in a persistent
superclass. However, I'd prefer to allow users to implement constructor
methods named as the class; in this scenario my __construct() method would
run and then use reflection to invoke the user constructor. However, this
is not possible as the presence of the class-named method currently
prevents __construct from being called.
So, it would be useful to me to be able to switch off this behavior. If
there is interest in this but no time I'd be happy to provide a patch.
Reproduce code:
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class A {
function __construct() {
echo "A ctor\n";
}
}
class B extends A {
function B() {
echo "B ctor\n";
}
}
$foo = new B();
Expected result:
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I'd like a php.ini option that would cause the result to be
A ctor
or even
A ctor
B ctor
if that is somehow more desirable.
Actual result:
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Currently, the result is
B ctor
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