Hello Ard,
Saturday, March 6, 2004, 6:21:38 PM, you wrote:
> While http://www.php.net/zend-engine-2.php claims the following
> 'Like constructors, parent destructors will not be called
> implicitly by the engine. In order to run a parent destructor,
> one would have to explicitly call parent::__destruct() in the
> destructor body.
> the following code
> php -r 'abstract class A { protected function __destruct() {} }
> class B extends A {}
> $b = new B;'
> results in
> Warning: Call to protected B::__destruct() from context ''
> during shutdown ignored in Unknown on line 0
> which is inconsistent with the quoted description.
> It also introduces an asymmetry compared to constructors which I think
> is confusing.
> Any thoughts ?
Yes your understanding and your code is wrong. In your code you explicitly
decalre that the destructor may only be called from that class's context.
Normally this results in an E_ERROR. But when it happens we only issue
an E_WARNING because the E_ERROR would restart the Rshutdown process.
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Best regards,
Marcus mailto:helly@php.net
