Extend Class with Final Constructor on PHP

Question

I want extend class which have final constructor (in my case it\'s SimpleXMLElement), but i have problems because when i use:

    class myclass extends Simpl         


        

Answer 1

I just went through this exact thing. You don't need to extend it. Make a class that holds SimpleXMLElement objects. I believe this is what Nikola meant.

class XmlResultSet
{
    public $xmlObjs = array();

    public function __construct(array $xmlFiles)
    {
      foreach ($xmlFiles as $file) {
          $this->xmlObjs[] = new XmlResult($file);
      }
    }
}

class XmlResult
{
    private $xmlObj;

    public function __construct($file)
    {
        try {
            $this->xmlObj = new SimpleXMLElement($file, 0, true);
        }
        catch (Exception $e) {
            throw new MyException("Invalid argument ($this)($file)(" . $e .
            ")", PHP_ERRORS);
        }
    }

    public function otherFunctions()
    {
        return $this->xmlObj->movie['name']; // whatever
    }
}