Question

I want to extend a class : class figure extends model_base { ... } , and in the constructor of the class children ( here it is figure )

I want to call its parent’s constructor : in java we do it by writing super(arguments);

So how to call parent’s constructor in PHP ?

Answer 1

All you need is

<?php
class BaseClass {
   function __construct() {
       print "In BaseClass constructor\n";
   }
}

class SubClass extends BaseClass {
   function __construct() {
       parent::__construct(); // this will call your parent constructor
       print "In SubClass constructor\n";
   }
}

$obj = new BaseClass();
$obj = new SubClass();
?>

Please read: Constructors and Destructors