Blog: Doctrine 1: Overriding the Constructor

example_behaviour.php

$this->log("Creating new blog...");
$blog = new Blog();
$blog->setAuthor("Author");
$blog->setComment("Hello, World");

$this->log("isNew: " . (($blog->isNew()) ? "true" : "false"));

$blog->save();
$this->log("\nSaving blog...");
$this->log("isNew: " . (($blog->isNew()) ? "true" : "false"));

$this->log("\nRetrieving blog...");
$dbBlog = Doctrine::getTable('Blog')->find(1);
$this->log("isNew: " . (($dbBlog->isNew()) ? "true" : "false"));

example_output.txt

Creating new blog...
isNew: true

Saving blog...
isNew: false

Retrieving blog...
isNew: true

override_construct_correct.php

public function construct() {
  // Some additional functionality
  parent::construct();
}

override_construct_incorrect.php

public function __construct() {
  // Some additional functionality
  parent::__construct();
}