Are abstract class constructors not implicitly called when a derived class is instantiated?

Question

Take this example:

abstract class Base {
    function __construct() {
        echo \'Base __construct
\';
    }
}

class Child extends Base {
    funct         


        

Answer 1

Well, I just found this in the docs:

Note: Parent constructors are not called implicitly if the child class defines a constructor. In order to run a parent constructor, a call to parent::__construct() within the child constructor is required.