Title: POMO_Reader::__construct
Published: August 18, 2015
Last modified: April 28, 2025

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# POMO_Reader::__construct()

## In this article

 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/pomo_reader/__construct/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/pomo_reader/__construct/?output_format=md#related)

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PHP5 constructor.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/pomo_reader/__construct/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    public function __construct() {
    	if ( function_exists( 'mb_substr' )
    		&& ( (int) ini_get( 'mbstring.func_overload' ) & 2 ) // phpcs:ignore PHPCompatibility.IniDirectives.RemovedIniDirectives.mbstring_func_overloadDeprecated
    	) {
    		$this->is_overloaded = true;
    	} else {
    		$this->is_overloaded = false;
    	}

    	$this->_pos = 0;
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/pomo/streams.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/pomo/streams.php#L22)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/pomo/streams.php#L22-L32)

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/pomo_reader/__construct/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Used by | Description | 
| [POMO_StringReader::__construct()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/pomo_stringreader/__construct/)`wp-includes/pomo/streams.php` |

PHP5 constructor.

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| [POMO_FileReader::__construct()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/pomo_filereader/__construct/)`wp-includes/pomo/streams.php` |  | 
| [POMO_Reader::POMO_Reader()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/pomo_reader/pomo_reader/)`wp-includes/pomo/streams.php` |

PHP4 constructor.

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| [MO::export_to_file_handle()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/mo/export_to_file_handle/)`wp-includes/pomo/mo.php` |  |

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