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<?php class Animal { protected $what = "nothing"; protected $born; // Add this: public function__construct(){} // only when class does not explicity specify a constructor // ? would the constructor be visible to users or like JAVA invisible // // Below code has a constructor so default constructor doesn't get created // public function __construct() { // $this->setBirthDate(); // } function sound() { echo get_class($this)." says {$this->what}"; } function showBirthDate() { return $this->born; } function setBirthdate() { $this->born = time(); } } class Cow extends Animal { protected $what = "moo"; protected $owner; public function __construct($owner) { $this->owner = $owner; // by default this would always be called so no need to write it parent::__construct(); } } $a = new Cow("Old McDonald"); $a->sound(); //echo "\nCow born: ",date("M j, Y",$a->showBirthDate());
Output for 7.0.0 - 7.0.20, 7.1.0 - 7.1.33, 7.2.0 - 7.2.25, 7.3.0 - 7.3.12, 7.4.0
Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Cannot call constructor in /in/Roccj:36 Stack trace: #0 /in/Roccj(40): Cow->__construct('Old McDonald') #1 {main} thrown in /in/Roccj on line 36
Process exited with code 255.
Output for 5.3.0 - 5.3.29, 5.4.0 - 5.4.45, 5.5.0 - 5.5.37, 5.6.0 - 5.6.23
Fatal error: Cannot call constructor in /in/Roccj on line 36
Process exited with code 255.
Output for 5.0.0 - 5.0.5, 5.1.1 - 5.1.6, 5.2.0 - 5.2.17
Fatal error: Can not call constructor in /in/Roccj on line 36
Process exited with code 255.
Output for 5.1.0
Fatal error: fatal flex scanner internal error--end of buffer missed in /in/Roccj on line 42
Process exited with code 255.
Output for 4.4.2 - 4.4.9
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING, expecting T_OLD_FUNCTION or T_FUNCTION or T_VAR or '}' in /in/Roccj on line 3
Process exited with code 255.
Output for 4.3.0 - 4.3.1, 4.3.5 - 4.3.11, 4.4.0 - 4.4.1
Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_STRING, expecting T_OLD_FUNCTION or T_FUNCTION or T_VAR or '}' in /in/Roccj on line 3
Process exited with code 255.
Output for 4.3.2 - 4.3.4
Parse error: parse error, expecting `T_OLD_FUNCTION' or `T_FUNCTION' or `T_VAR' or `'}'' in /in/Roccj on line 3
Process exited with code 255.

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