Title: AbstractEnum::__construct
Published: May 20, 2026

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# AbstractEnum::__construct( string $value, string $name )

## In this article

 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-common-abstractenum/__construct/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-common-abstractenum/__construct/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-common-abstractenum/__construct/?output_format=md#changelog)

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This function’s access is marked private. This means it is not intended for use 
by plugin or theme developers, only by core. It is listed here for completeness.

Constructor is private to ensure instances are created through static methods.

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-common-abstractenum/__construct/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$value`stringrequired

The enum value.

`$name`stringrequired

The constant name.

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

    ```php
    final private function __construct(string $value, string $name)
    {
        $this->value = $value;
        $this->name = $name;
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/php-ai-client/src/common/abstractenum.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-includes/php-ai-client/src/Common/AbstractEnum.php#L64)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-includes/php-ai-client/src/Common/AbstractEnum.php#L64-L68)

## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-common-abstractenum/__construct/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [0.1.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/0.1.0/) | Introduced. |

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