Explore PHP basics like Conditionals, Loops, Functions, and Arrays, then dive into advanced topics such as Classes, Inheritance, and Exception Handling to boost your programming skills.

This highly interactive course introduces you to fundamental programming concepts in PHP, one of the most popular languages in the world. It begins with a simple Hello world program and proceeds on to cover common concepts such as Conditional Statements, Loop Statements, and Logic in PHP. 

It then reflects upon the idea of Functions and Arrays, as well as the power they give to the programmer to write better code. 

Finally, it dives deeper in order to teach about advanced concepts such as Classes, Inheritance and Exception Handling in PHP. By the time you're done, you'll have a good grip on the basics of PHP, and will be ready to study advanced concepts.

Learn PHP from Scratch

## 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 **cannot** *return* a value.

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## Constructor Declaration

Classes can define a special `__construct()` *method*, which is executed as part of object creation. 

Let's take a look at how it is defined:


# 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 **cannot** *return* a value.

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# Constructor Declaration

Classes can define a special `__construct()` *method*, which is executed as part of object creation. 

Let's take a look at how it is defined:


This lesson introduces the concept of constructors, destructors, how to declare and call them.

Getting Started

Variables

Operators

Conditional Statements

Loops

Functions

Strings

Arrays

PHP Assessment 1

Classes and Inheritance

Exception Handling

PHP Assessment 2

Constructors & Destructors

Introduction

Constructor Declaration