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Constructors & Destructors

Understand how to define and use constructors in PHP classes to initialize object properties automatically. Explore destructors to manage object cleanup and lifecycle, enhancing your object-oriented programming skills in PHP.

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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