Which is the better approach to initialize php properties?

Question

Here are two way to initialize class variables.

1st Method

class Test {
    private $var1;
    private $var2;

    public function Test($var1,$var1) {
         


        

Answer 1

My mind is that you should combine both methods.

Properties that are unavoidable must be present in a construct method.

For properties that are optional, you should define default value in the construct then create getter/setter.

And you can create multiple construct methods like for database, in generally, you have:

myConstructor($dsn)
myConstructor($dsn, $username, $password)
myConstructor($dsn, $username, $password, $port)
myConstructor($dsn, $username, $password, $port, $options)

Then in the "bottom" construct you will set $options then call the "upper" construct that will set the $port and will call "upper" construct... etc...