--- title: [VOTE] Deprecate returning values from __construct() and... description: A vote has been opened on a PHP RFC to deprecate returning values from __construct() and __destruct() magic methods. The vote closes on 2026-06-29. A... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/vote-deprecate-returning-values-from-construct-and-destruct--phv3drmck twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: [VOTE] Deprecate returning values from __construct() and __destruct() | daily.dev og:description: A vote has been opened on a PHP RFC to deprecate returning values from __construct() and __destruct() magic methods. The vote closes on 2026-06-29. A... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/vote-deprecate-returning-values-from-construct-and-destruct--phv3drmck og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/pHv3DrMCK.png og:image:alt: [VOTE] Deprecate returning values from __construct() and __destruct() og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # [VOTE] Deprecate returning values from __construct() and __destruct() **[externals.io](https://daily.dev/sources/externals)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A vote has been opened on a PHP RFC to deprecate returning values from __construct() and __destruct() magic methods. The vote closes on 2026-06-29. A clarifying discussion confirms that even returning the result of a void-returning method (e.g., return $this->privateVoidReturning();) inside a constructor will trigger the deprecation, consistent with how PHP already handles return statements in explicitly void-typed functions. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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