On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 13:04:11 +0200, Daniel Schierbeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello there. I was experimenting a bit with the constructors and
> destructors, and found that this code:
>
> <?php
>
> class First
> {
> public function __construct ()
> {
> echo "Hello, World!\n";
> }
>
> public function __destruct ()
> {
> echo "Goodbye, World!\n";
> }
> }
>
> class Second extends First
> {
>
> }
>
> $second = new Second;
>
> ?>
>
> Outputs
>
> Hello, World!
> Goodbye, World!
>
> , yet the PHP manual
> (http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.decon.php) says:
>
> Note: Parent constructors are not called implicitly. In order
> to run a parent constructor, a call to parent::__construct() is
> required.
>
> Is this an error in the manual or in PHP itself? Should I report it
> somewhere?
>
No, this is not a bug. This means that if you define a new constructor
/ destructor, the parent class's won't be called unless you put it in
the new ones.
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