Using Constructor Property Promotion
Explore how constructor property promotion in PHP 8 streamlines your code by combining property declarations and constructor arguments. Learn to write more concise classes by reducing redundant code in property and constructor definitions while maintaining full functionality.
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Aside from the Just-In-Time (JIT) compiler, one of the greatest new features introduced in PHP 8 is constructor property promotion. This new feature combines property declarations and argument lists in the __construct() method signature, as well as assigning defaults. In this section, we will learn how to substantially reduce the amount of coding required in ...