Question

Bit long title, comes down to this:

<?php

    class error
    {

        public function error($errormsg = false, $line = false)
        {

            echo 'errormsg: '.$errormsg.' on line: '.$line;

        }

    }

?>

When i call this class in another file, with for example:

<?php

    $error = new error;

?>

It already executes the echo in the function ‘error’. Does the function inherit the same behaviour as the __construct when its the same name, or did i just miss something really stupid (im a beginner ooper 🙂 )

Tnx in advance

Answer 1

This:

   class error
    {

        public function error($errormsg = false, $line = false)
        {

            echo 'errormsg: '.$errormsg.' on line: '.$line;

        }

    }

is php4 way of doing it, consider:

   class error
    {

        public function __construct($errormsg = false, $line = false)
        {

            echo 'errormsg: '.$errormsg.' on line: '.$line;

        }

    }

Both do the same, first one is php4 way later is php5 way.