Question

For example, I have a class

class MyClass
{
    public $something = 'base';

    public function __construct()
    {
        $something = 'construct';
    }

    public function __destruct()
    {
        $something = 'destruct';
    }

    public static doSomething()
    {
        $return = new MyClass;
        echo $return->something;
    }
}

So, my question is this… Will running the static method without instantiating the object run the constructor? If I had, for example, database connection information in the constructor, could I run a static method that returns a query withing explicitly instantiating the class?

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

Yes the construction will be called in your example. Since you already have the code, I guess it would be easy to test.