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PHP Object-Oriented PHP Basics (Retired) Properties and Methods Constructor Method

Posted by ammarkhan
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ammarkhan
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 21,661 Points

Arguments in construct

I see there is Arguments in __construct class like function __construct ($name,$price,$desc){ //code goes here } So my question is, 1.Can we construct a method without passing arguments? What is the use of arguments here?

  1. Will it ok, if we construct a method checking if database is connected or if the session is timed out or not?

1 Answer

Hampton Paulk
Hampton Paulk
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Hampton Paulk
Hampton Paulk
5,093 Points

If I understand the question correctly, here are my thoughts.

  1. you can have a __construct with no arguments - sometimes this is what you want, you can use the __construct method to call other methods if you like. The key is that the method runs every time you create a new object. Read this doc page for more info

  2. Yes, but more often you would want to create a new class that handles all of that then call a method from that class. Also you should look into ORMs like Doctrine.