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<refentry xml:id="variant.construct" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>variant::__construct</refname>
  <refpurpose>variant class constructor</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>

 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <constructorsynopsis role="variant">
   <modifier>public</modifier> <methodname>variant::__construct</methodname>
   <methodparam choice="opt"><type>mixed</type><parameter>value</parameter><initializer>&null;</initializer></methodparam>
   <methodparam choice="opt"><type>int</type><parameter>type</parameter><initializer><constant>VT_EMPTY</constant></initializer></methodparam>
   <methodparam choice="opt"><type>int</type><parameter>codepage</parameter><initializer><constant>CP_ACP</constant></initializer></methodparam>
  </constructorsynopsis>
  <para>
   Constructs a new variant object.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <variablelist>
   <varlistentry>
    <term><parameter>value</parameter></term>
    <listitem>
     <simpara>
      Initial value. If omitted, or set to &null; an VT_EMPTY object is created.
     </simpara>
    </listitem>
   </varlistentry>
   <varlistentry>
    <term><parameter>type</parameter></term>
    <listitem>
     <simpara>
      Specifies the content type of the variant object. Possible values are
      one of the <constant>VT_XXX</constant> <xref
      linkend="com.constants"/>.
     </simpara>
     <simpara>
      PHP can detect parameters passed by reference
      automatically; they do not even need to be passed as variant objects.
     </simpara>
     <simpara>
      Consult the <acronym>MSDN</acronym> library for additional information
      on the VARIANT type.
     </simpara>
    </listitem>
   </varlistentry>
   <varlistentry>
    <term><parameter>codepage</parameter></term>
    <listitem>
     <simpara>
      Specifies the codepage that is used to convert strings to
      unicode.  See the parameter of the same name in the
      <xref linkend="class.com"/> class for more information.
     </simpara>
    </listitem>
   </varlistentry>
  </variablelist>
 </refsect1>

</refentry>
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