Constructor variables overriden

[makopov]

I observed some odd behavior when trying to store a passed in variable.

My constructor in the base class assigns a variable, but when the child class goes to evaluate it, its only got an empty object. Here's an example:

Base Class:

public function __construct(User $user) {
  $this->user = $user;
}

Then the child class:

public function handle() {
  dd($this->user);
}

I call this like so

(new class_name($user))->run();

but I've also done

class_name::run($user);

And the result is the same.

This will print an empty user object with no attributes. So its doing the assignment. If I do the dd in the constructor it will have all the data, but only when its called from other functions does it come out empty.

I've tried many variations of this. But ultimately when taking out the trait does this work normal.

[Wulfheart]

Some ideas:

1. Is $this->user defined? (Unlikely, just to be sure)
2. Which language versions do you use?
3. Could you please try this again by making it a plain PHP class? Does the issue still persist?

[makopov]

Hey there thanks for the reply. I'll answer these inline..

1. It is defined, however its empty. It resembles as if someone just did a new User(), no attributes defiend, just an empty object. This is the weirdest part about it.
2. PHP 8.1, Laravel 9
3. I did, the issue goes away. In fact for now my work around is to remove the trait and define my own static run function. I'd like to not keep this solution forever but it solves my immediate need.

[Wulfheart]

Hm. Weird. Which trait do you use exactly?

[makopov]

Just the AsAction

[Wulfheart]

Have you tried debugging it with xDebug? Do you have a repo (prefered with a Dockerfile) where I can try to reproduce it?

[makopov]

I do not. I can try to set something up.

[sneycampos]

Could you show more code? like the parent's construct initialization?

[makopov]

Could you show more code? like the parent's construct initialization?

I haven't had time to look at this yet, but its on my list to get to soon as my temporary solution will hit its ceiling.