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title: "What are magic methods?"  
description: "What are magic methods?"  
author: "Manoj Bhatt"  
published: 2016-09-26  
updated: 2020-09-20  
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category: "php"  
tags: ["php"]  
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# What are magic methods?

The magic methods are special names s**tarting with two underscore** “__”. These magic methods are executed in response to some events. Some magic methods are __call(), __construct(),invoke(),__destruct(), __callstatic(),__get(),autoload(), __set(), __sleep(),__isset(), __unset(),__wakeup(), __tostring()and __clone(). These methods are defined inside the class and not outside the class. These methods ae not standalone methods.

## Answers

### Answer by Manoj Bhatt

The magic methods are special names s**tarting with two underscore** “__”. These magic methods are executed in response to some events. Some magic methods are __call(), __construct(),invoke(),__destruct(), __callstatic(),__get(),autoload(), __set(), __sleep(),__isset(), __unset(),__wakeup(), __tostring()and __clone(). These methods are defined inside the class and not outside the class. These methods ae not standalone methods.


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