Can you delete an object within the __construct function in PHP?

In PHP, you cannot delete an object within the __construct function because the object is still being initialized and deleting it would lead to unexpected behavior. If you need to conditionally create or delete an object based on certain criteria, you can handle this outside of the __construct function. 

class MyClass {
    public function __construct() {
        // Handle object creation or deletion outside of the constructor
        if ($someCondition) {
            $this->myObject = new MyObject();
        } else {
            unset($this->myObject);
        }
    }
}

Keywords

__construct object deletion PHP OOP destructor

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