<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <title>Creates an instance of a Counter which maintains a single numeric value.</title> </head> <body><div class="manualnavbar" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="prev" style="text-align: left; float: left;"><a href="internals2.counter.counter-class.html">Counter</a></div> <div class="next" style="text-align: right; float: right;"><a href="internals2.counter.counter-class.getvalue.html">Counter::getValue</a></div> <div class="up"><a href="internals2.counter.counter-class.html">Counter</a></div> <div class="home"><a href="index.html">PHP Manual</a></div> </div><hr /><div id="internals2.counter.counter-class.construct" class="refentry"> <div class="refnamediv"> <h1 class="refname">Counter::__construct</h1> <p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">Counter::__construct</span> — <span class="dc-title"> Creates an instance of a Counter which maintains a single numeric value. </span></p> </div> <div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-internals2.counter.counter-class.construct-description"> <h3 class="title">Description</h3> <div class="constructorsynopsis dc-description"> <span class="methodname"><strong>Counter::__construct()</strong></span> ( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$name</code></span> [, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">integer</span> <code class="parameter">$initial_value</code></span> [, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">integer</span> <code class="parameter">$flags</code></span> ]] )</div> <p class="simpara"> Creates an instance of a Counter which maintains a single numeric value. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-internals2.counter.counter-class.construct-parameters"> <h3 class="title">Parameters</h3> <dl> <dt> <span class="term">name</span> <dd> <span class="simpara"> The new counter's name. </span> </dd> </dt> <dt> <span class="term">initial_value</span> <dd> <span class="simpara"> The initial value of the counter. Defaults to zero (0). </span> </dd> </dt> <dt> <span class="term">flags</span> <dd> <span class="simpara"> Flags for the new counter, chosen from the <em>COUNTER_FLAG_*</em> constants. </span> </dd> </dt> </dl> </div> <div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-internals2.counter.counter-class.construct-returnvalues"> <h3 class="title">Return Values</h3> <p class="simpara"> Returns a Counter object on success. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 errors" id="refsect1-internals2.counter.counter-class.construct-errors"> <h3 class="title">Errors/Exceptions</h3> <p class="simpara"> <span class="function"><strong>Counter::__construct()</strong></span> throws an Exception if something goes wrong. </p> </div> </div><hr /><div class="manualnavbar" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="prev" style="text-align: left; float: left;"><a href="internals2.counter.counter-class.html">Counter</a></div> <div class="next" style="text-align: right; float: right;"><a href="internals2.counter.counter-class.getvalue.html">Counter::getValue</a></div> <div class="up"><a href="internals2.counter.counter-class.html">Counter</a></div> <div class="home"><a href="index.html">PHP Manual</a></div> </div></body></html>