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<?php //just an example of what would the world look like without constructors? class Person{ public $name; public $sex; /* //commented out you require those params public function __construct($name, $sex){ //you set the PROPERTIES, so you can access them later, e.g. in the 'isWoman' function $this->name = $name; $this->sex = $sex; } */ //here we use those properties public function isWoman(){ if($this->sex === 'woman'){ return true; } return false; } } function construct_person($obj, $name, $sex){ $obj->name = $name; $obj->sex = $sex; } $p1 = new Person(); //THIS is simply what was done for use before, when we had the 'construct' method. The 'new' above //not only created a new object of Person (put it into memory), but also called the 'construct' method. //since, for this example, we removed the 'construct' method, we need to do call another function MANUALLY. construct_person($p1,'John', 'man'); $p2 = new Person(); construct_person($p2, 'Mary', 'woman'); var_dump($p1,$p2); if($p2->isWoman()){ echo "p2 is a woman!"; };