PHP constructor with a parameter
Read all of Constructors and Destructors.
Constructors can take parameters like any other function or method in PHP:
class MyClass { public $param; public function __construct($param) { $this->param = $param; }}$myClass = new MyClass('foobar');echo $myClass->param; // foobarYour example of how you use constructors now won't even compile as you can't reassign $this.
Also, you don't need the curly brackets every time you access or set a property. $object->property works just fine. You only need to use curly-brackets under special circumstances like if you need to evaluate a method $object->{$foo->bar()} = 'test';
If you want to pass an array as a parameter and 'auto' populate your properties:
class MyRecord { function __construct($parameters = array()) { foreach($parameters as $key => $value) { $this->$key = $value; } }}Notice that a constructor is used to create & initialize an object, therefore one may use $this to use / modify the object you're constructing.