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title:
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Cleaner PHP code with promoted constructor properties
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- value: '2023-04-12T00:00:00+00:00'
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<p>One of my favorite features that was introducted in PHP 8 was promoted constructor properties.</p>
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<p>If I'm passing arguments into a constructor, I can declare a visibility and it will be promoted to a property on the class.</p>
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<p>Here's an example of a value of a data transfer object that accepts a sort code and account number as strings:</p>
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<pre><code class="language-php">class AccountDetails {
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public function __construct(
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public string $accountNumber,
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public string $sortCode,
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) {}
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}
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</code></pre>
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<p>Without promoted constructor properties, I'd need to create the properties and assign them manually, and I'd have this:</p>
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<pre><code class="language-php">class AccountDetails {
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public string $accountNumber;
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public string $sortCode;
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public function __construct(
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string $accountNumber,
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string $sortCode,
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) {
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$this->accountNumber = $accountNumber;
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$this->sortCode = $sortCode;
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}
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}
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</code></pre>
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<p>Whilst text editors and IDEs can create the properties automatically, I prefer this as it's less code, more readable and easier to understand.</p>
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format: full_html
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processed: |
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<p>One of my favorite features that was introducted in PHP 8 was promoted constructor properties.</p>
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<p>If I'm passing arguments into a constructor, I can declare a visibility and it will be promoted to a property on the class.</p>
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<p>Here's an example of a value of a data transfer object that accepts a sort code and account number as strings:</p>
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<pre><code class="language-php">class AccountDetails {
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public function __construct(
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public string $accountNumber,
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public string $sortCode,
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) {}
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}
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</code></pre>
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<p>Without promoted constructor properties, I'd need to create the properties and assign them manually, and I'd have this:</p>
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<pre><code class="language-php">class AccountDetails {
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public string $accountNumber;
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public string $sortCode;
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public function __construct(
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string $accountNumber,
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string $sortCode,
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) {
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$this->accountNumber = $accountNumber;
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$this->sortCode = $sortCode;
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}
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}
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</code></pre>
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<p>Whilst text editors and IDEs can create the properties automatically, I prefer this as it's less code, more readable and easier to understand.</p>
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