OOP: constructors of base class in new()

Hi all,

I am a php newbie, ( doing perl all time till now ). I am a bit
confused OOP in php.

Suppose I create an instance of a class with the new() function the
cronstuctor is called .. fine

Now if the class *extends* another class the constructor of base class
is not called. But is there a way I can tell php to execute all
constructors of base classses when I call new()

Thanks
Ramprasad

re: OOP: constructors of base class in new()

"Ramprasad A Padmanabhan" <ramprasad.padmanabhan.nospam@oracle.com>
wrote in message news:xnS8c.8$sP4.118@news.oracle.com...[color=blue]
> Hi all,
>
> I am a php newbie, ( doing perl all time till now ). I am a bit
> confused OOP in php.
>
> Suppose I create an instance of a class with the new() function the
> cronstuctor is called .. fine
>
> Now if the class *extends* another class the constructor of base class
> is not called. But is there a way I can tell php to execute all
> constructors of base classses when I call new()
>
> Thanks
> Ramprasad[/color]

You must call them explicitly. E.g.:
$this->BaseClass();


Goran

re: OOP: constructors of base class in new()

Hi Ramprasad,


[...]
[color=blue]
> Now if the class *extends* another class the constructor of base class
> is not called. But is there a way I can tell php to execute all
> constructors of base classses when I call new()[/color]
You have to write it explicitly into the Constructors of
the derived class to call the constructor of the parent class....
I know it is annoying but this is PHP... ;-)

Kind Regards.
Karl Heinz
--
Dipl.Ing.(FH) Karl Heinz Marbaise | www.marbaise.org
Jabba Dabba Dooh ;-) | ICQ# 135949029

re: OOP: constructors of base class in new()

Ramprasad A Padmanabhan wrote:[color=blue]
> Hi all,
>
> I am a php newbie, ( doing perl all time till now ). I am a bit
> confused OOP in php.
>
> Suppose I create an instance of a class with the new() function the
> cronstuctor is called .. fine
>
> Now if the class *extends* another class the constructor of base class
> is not called. But is there a way I can tell php to execute all
> constructors of base classses when I call new()[/color]

I can't see why would you want to do that. If the classes are so different
that each subclass needs a new contructor, then you don'te need inheritance,
but separate classes. If, on the other hand, you need the subclass to call
the parent's contructor, instead of its own, then don't give the subclass a
constructor. E.g:

class DarthVader {
function DarthVader() {} // constructor
}

class LukeSkywalker extends DarthVader {
// no constructor
}

new LukeSkywalker() will then call the DarthVader() function.

Berislav

--
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re: OOP: constructors of base class in new()

Hi Ramprasad,

You can make code that does:

$currentClassName = get_class($this);
while (!empty($currentClassName = get_parent_class($currentClassName)) ) {
$this->$currentClassName();
}

However, this may not pass the proper parameters. Furthermore, if the
constructor of the parentclass does this too, higher constructors get
called twice. So i guess it will be better to code it recursively:

class Midleclass extends Superclass {
function Midleclass($param1) {
$parentClassName = get_parent_class($this);
$this->$parentClassName();
}
}

class Subclass extends Midleclass {
function Subclass($param1, $param2) {
$parentClassName = get_parent_class($this);
$this->$parentClassName($param1);
}
}

This has the advantage that if you rename a parent class (superclass),
you do not have to change the constuctor calls in its direct child
classes (subclasses). But is is more code then simply call the parent
constructor, and if you change the arguments of a parent constructor,
you may have chanche the calls anyhow.

Greetings,

Henk Verhoeven,
phpPeanuts.org

(Included code was not tested)

Ramprasad A Padmanabhan wrote:[color=blue]
> Hi all,
>
> I am a php newbie, ( doing perl all time till now ). I am a bit
> confused OOP in php.
>
> Suppose I create an instance of a class with the new() function the
> cronstuctor is called .. fine
>
> Now if the class *extends* another class the constructor of base class
> is not called. But is there a way I can tell php to execute all
> constructors of base classses when I call new()
>
> Thanks
> Ramprasad[/color]