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Constructors & Destructors

Understand how PHP constructors automatically initialize object properties when an object is created and how destructors execute when an object is no longer in use. This lesson helps you learn to define __construct and destructor methods to manage object lifecycle in PHP classes effectively.

Introduction

A constructor is used to initialize member variables when an object is declared. It is automatically called at the time when the object of the class is declared.

Note: A constructor is a member function that is usually public.

Also keep in mind that unlike other methods defined inside a class, a constructor ...