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grottopress/nouveau
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Instantiate a class by calling `::new()`, as an alternative to the `new` keyword.

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Nouveau
=======

[](#nouveau)

Description
-----------

[](#description)

*Nouveau* adds a `new()` static method to your class for constructing an instance of the class, as an alternative to using the `new` keyword.

In [ruby](https://ruby-lang.org) and [crystal](https://crystal-lang.org), you instantiate a class by doing:

```
MyClass.new(*args)
```

In [rust](https://rust-lang.org), it is idiomatic to add a *constructor* to a type:

```
pub struct MyStruct {}

impl MyStruct {
    pub fn new() {}
}
```

...and call it thus:

```
MyStruct::new();
```

*Nouveau* brings the same concept to PHP, allowing to intantiate a class thus:

```
MyClass::new(..$args);
```

The above is equivalent to:

```
new MyClass(...$args);
```

Among other things, this allows chaining a method immediately unto the constructed object.

This:

```
Person::new('John', 'Doe')->fullName();
```

Versus:

```
$john = new Person('John', 'Doe');
$john->fullName();

// OR
(new Person('John', 'Doe'))->fullName();
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Install via composer:

`composer require grottopress/nouveau`

1. Import trait into your class:

```