Title: WP_Filesystem_Direct::__construct
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: February 24, 2026

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# WP_Filesystem_Direct::__construct( mixed $arg )

## In this article

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

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Constructor.

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

 `$arg`mixedrequired

Not used.

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

    ```php
    public function __construct( $arg ) {
    	$this->method = 'direct';
    	$this->errors = new WP_Error();
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-direct.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.9.4/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-direct.php#L25)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-direct.php#L25-L28)

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

| Uses | Description | 
| [WP_Error::__construct()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_error/__construct/)`wp-includes/class-wp-error.php` |

Initializes the error.

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

| Version | Description | 
| [2.5.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/2.5.0/) | Introduced. |

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