should i use Classname() or __construct() as constructor in CodeIgniter?
both work, which should i use?
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Possible duplicate of [\_\_construct() vs SameAsClassName() for constructor in PHP](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/217618/construct-vs-sameasclassname-for-constructor-in-php) – nawfal Nov 12 '15 at 06:50
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Classname() is the old way (i.e. PHP 4 way).
__construct() is the new (i.e. PHP 5) way.
You should use the second one, if your application is written with PHP 5 -- and you should write your applications with PHP 5 in mind !
See the Constructors and Destructors section in the manual, which states (quoting) :
For backwards compatibility, if PHP 5 cannot find a
__construct()function for a given class, it will search for the old-style constructor function, by the name of the class.
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ClassName() and __construct() is same that is known as constructor.
__construct() function is most useful comparison to className() because when you change your ClassName() you have to change your constructor name but no need to change __construct() and also use in child class.
