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What is __get()

class Penguin extends Animal {

	public function __construct($id) {
		$this->getPenguinFromDb($id);
	}

	public function getPenguinFromDb($id) {
	// elegant and robust database code goes here
	}
}

class Penguin extends Animal {

public function __construct($id) {

$this->getPenguinFromDb($id);

}

public function getPenguinFromDb($id) {

// elegant and robust database code goes here

}

Now if our penguin has the properties “name” and “age” after it is loaded, we’d be able to do:

April 22, 2018 Harinder Singh

PHP PHP Interview Question

What is __destruct

Did you spot the file handle that was also part of the constructor? We don’t really want to leave things

April 22, 2018 Harinder Singh

PHP PHP Interview Question

What is __construct

The constructor is a magic method that gets called when the object is instantiated. It is usually the first thing

April 22, 2018 Harinder Singh

PHP PHP Interview Question

PHP Magic functions

__construct() __destruct() __call() __callStatic() __get() __set() __isset() __unset() __sleep() __wakeup() __toString() __invoke() __set_state() __clone() and __debugInfo() are magical in PHP

April 22, 2018May 6, 2018 Harinder Singh