Posted by Toby A Inkster on 07/25/07 08:42

Sanders Kaufman wrote:

> I'm noticing that the constructor is a "reset" switch - just like the
> one on the front of my computer. Calling it seems to just dump all of
> the old values, free up all of the old resources, and return the object
> to a pristine state.

Yes, you can do this, but it's a bit of a hack. Better to use something
like:

class Foobar
{
public $var1;
public $var2;

public function __construct ($foo, $bar)
{
$this->reset($foo, $bar);
// Now maybe do some other stuff
}

public function reset ($foo, $bar)
{
$this->var1 = $foo;
$this->var2 = $bar;
}
}

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