Of course __destruct (in php5) is not meant to be called by "userland" (as you called it). I just want to make sure all objects are stored as they should when a script ends. This kind of wrapper method is of course "lame" as you called it, but it would do what I need it to do, thought it is lame :) This is just to "simulate" something that is missing in PHP 4 and that I as a standard am working with. To close down database connections etc are not the purpose at this stage for me as PHP will take care of these resources by it self. Ok, back to Sunday afternoon programming :) Best regards, Peter Lauri www.dwsasia.com - company web site www.lauri.se - personal web site www.carbonfree.org.uk - become Carbon Free -----Original Message----- From: Jochem Maas [mailto:jochem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2007 4:27 PM To: Peter Lauri Cc: 'Larry E. Ullman'; php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: __construct __destruct in PHP 4 Peter Lauri wrote: > Hi, > > Yes I have been reading both sections and is aware of the different sections > for PHP 4 and 5. I was just hoping there was something missing in the manual > for PHP 4 as I'd love to have a __destruct method to work with. There are > other solutions around this. Basically I just want to make sure that the > objects that have a save() method are saved correctly before they are > destroyed. With PHP 4 I just need to do this "manually". I could probably > just write a cleanup function that will be executed in the end of each > scripts that checks if objects have a save() method and then executes that > one. Or better: Check if there is a method __destruct() existing and use > that when cleaning up. Then it would be forward compatible with PHP 5 as > well :) alternative: have each object register itself with a 'stack' and register a shutdown function which automatically calls the save() method of each object in said stack... be careful to always using the 'reference' operator. I wouldn't bother to try and make it php4/php5 compatible - the reference operator of itself will make sure that you have to change the code for php5, besides that __destruct() is not 'meant' to be called by userland code - and as far as I can tell it's a bit lame (there is no garanteed order of destruction so you can't rely on other object still being around and IIRC [somebody correct me if I'm wrong please] things like DB connections are also gone by the time __destruct() is called - the same goes for access to STDIN, STDOUT, etc. > > Best regards, > Peter Lauri > > www.dwsasia.com - company web site > www.lauri.se - personal web site > www.carbonfree.org.uk - become Carbon Free > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Larry E. Ullman [mailto:LarryUllman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2007 4:09 PM > To: Peter Lauri > Cc: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: __construct __destruct in PHP 4 > >> I have been trying going thru the PHP manual to find if there are any >> equivalent to the __contruct and __destruct in PHP 4, but I cannot >> find any >> solution for this part. I know it was introduced in PHP 5, but as >> __sleep >> and __wakeup exist in PHP 4 already I was hoping there is something >> like >> __init and __die in PHP 4 :-) > > In PHP 4 the constructor has the same name as the class (like C++). See > http://us3.php.net/manual/en/language.oop.constructor.php > > There is no destructor in PHP 4. > > Larry > > PS The manual has two sets of OOP documentation: one for PHP 4 & > another for PHP 5. Make sure you're viewing the right set. > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
