PHP constructor with a parameter
If you want to pass an array as a parameter and 'auto' populate your properties:
class MyRecord {
function __construct($parameters = array()) {
foreach($parameters as $key => $value) {
$this->$key = $value;
}
}
}
Notice that a constructor is used to create & initialize an object, therefore one may use $this
to use / modify the object you're constructing.
Read all of Constructors and Destructors.
Constructors can take parameters like any other function or method in PHP:
class MyClass {
public $param;
public function __construct($param) {
$this->param = $param;
}
}
$myClass = new MyClass('foobar');
echo $myClass->param; // foobar
Your example of how you use constructors now won't even compile as you can't reassign $this
.
Also, you don't need the curly brackets every time you access or set a property. $object->property
works just fine. You only need to use curly-brackets under special circumstances like if you need to evaluate a method $object->{$foo->bar()} = 'test';