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

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# Candidate::__construct( WordPressAiClientMessagesDTOMessage $message, WordPressAiClientResultsEnumsFinishReasonEnum $finishReason )

## In this article

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

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Constructor.

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

 `$message`WordPressAiClientMessagesDTOMessagerequired

The generated message.

`$finishReason`WordPressAiClientResultsEnumsFinishReasonEnumrequired

The reason generation stopped.

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

    ```php
    public function __construct(Message $message, FinishReasonEnum $finishReason)
    {
        if (!$message->getRole()->isModel()) {
            throw new InvalidArgumentException('Message must be a model message.');
        }
        $this->message = $message;
        $this->finishReason = $finishReason;
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/php-ai-client/src/results/dto/candidate.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-includes/php-ai-client/src/Results/DTO/Candidate.php#L44)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-includes/php-ai-client/src/Results/DTO/Candidate.php#L44-L51)

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-results-dto-candidate/__construct/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Used by | Description | 
| [Candidate::fromArray()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-results-dto-candidate/fromarray/)`wp-includes/php-ai-client/src/Results/DTO/Candidate.php` |

{@inheritDoc}

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

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

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