When we return NULL from the constructor, our intend is to tell caller that NO OBJECT IS CREATED. But in PHP this case does not work.

Please check the following example;
<?php

class Test{
	var $myVar;
	
	function Test($val){
		if (is_null($val))
			return NULL;
		else 
			$this->myVar = $val;
		return $this;
	}
}

$a = NULL;

$t = new Test($a);

if (is_object($t))
	echo "Although it must be NULL, it says OBJECT";

?>
			
I am developing a very huge API using PHP and this does not permit us to continue. I think, there should be a way of doing this in a language which support OOP constructs.

Sincerely,
Ziya Karakaya