The New Operator

The new operator creates a new object of the specified class. In doing so, the class constructor is called if it is defined. The operator returns the created object, which can be assigned to a variable.

Syntax

$object = new ClassName([arguments]);

Example

Let's create a simple class and its instance:

<?php
	class User {
		public $name;
		
		public function __construct($name) {
			$this->name = $name;
		}
	}
	
	$user = new User('John');
	echo $user->name;
?>

Code execution result:

'John'

Example

Creating an object without a constructor:

<?php
	class Product {
		public $price = 100;
	}
	
	$product = new Product();
	echo $product->price;
?>

Code execution result:

100

Example

Creating an anonymous class:

<?php
	$obj = new class {
		public function sayHello() {
			echo 'Hello!';
		}
	};
	
	$obj->sayHello();
?>

Code execution result:

'Hello!'

The New Operator

Syntax

Example

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