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How can I call an ancestor's constructor method?

Nov 15th, 2002 11:04
BD KR, Nathan Wallace, john martin, BDKR

In PHP a constructor is just a function with the same name as the 
class
it is contained in.  So, to call the constructor of a parent or 
ancestor
class you just need to call the function with the name of that 
class. 
For example:

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

    class B extends A {
        function B () {
            // constructor
            this->A();
        }
    }


This can also be done per the example below.

class Jango
	{
	function Jango()
		{ echo "I'm just a regular guy trying to make my 
way in the Universe\n"; }
	}
	
	
class Boba extends Jango
	{ 
	function Boba()
		{ parent::Jango(); }
	}
	
$jan = new Boba;