Why is my constructor still called even if the class and constructor case are different?

Question

I am surprised for why the constructor is called when we have different class and constructor name. Constructor name is starting with small \"r\"?

class Regi         


        

Answer 1

PHP is case insensitive, but this doesn't explain the behaviour.

This behaviour is because a function with the same name of the class is treated as the constructor.

See http://php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.decon.php - Example 2

So this is true for functions of any given name, EG:

class Dog{

    function dog(){
        echo "Constructor is called.";
    }
}

$obj = new Dog();
$obj->dog();