Question

Before PHP 5.3.3 the following

class Same {
    public function same() { echo 'Not good'; } 
}

$c = new Same();

will output Not good.
From 5.3.3+ instead it will not output the string. That’s because from PHP 5.3.3 functions with the same name of the class are not considered constructors.
How do I force this behavior even with PHP 5.3.2 or before?

Answer 1

The easiest way is probably just to create an empty constructor:

class Same {
    public function same() { echo 'Not good'; } 

    public function __construct() { }
}

$c = new Same();

That won’t echo “Not good” as the __construct() method overrides the “same name as class” method.