Variables in Trait - php

Question

I have created a trait in Laravel.
In myconstruct I am calling a setting('value') - This is provided by the qcod/laravel-app-settings package.
But inside my methods when I reference $this->token or $this->org_id it returns NULL
I know the values are set, as they're showing in the config and are also set correctly in the Database.
My PHP code is :
<?php
namespace App\Traits;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
trait PropertyBaseTrait
{
private $org_id;
private $token;
private $is_set;
public function __construct()
{
$this->org_id = setting('propertybase_org');
$this->token = setting('propertybase_token');
}
public function base_url($method)
{
return 'https://pb-integrations-api-staging.herokuapp.com/api/v1/'.$method.'/'.$this->org_id.'';
}
public function post_lead($data)
{
$lead_data = array(
'first_name' => '',
'last_name' => '',
'email' => '',
'phone1' => '',
'phone2' => '',
'phone3' => '',
'address' => '',
'city' => '',
'state' => '',
'zip_code' => '',
'country_name' => '',
'landing_page' => '',
'search_term' => '',
'referral_source' => ''
);
$object_type = 'lead';
$action_type = 'create';
dd($this->token);
$endpoint = $this->base_url('messages');
$this->post_data( $endpoint, $object_type, $action_type, json_encode($data));
}

Answer 1

The problem is that you have construct in your trait and maybe in your class where you are using this trait.
possible scenario:
class MyClass {
use MyTraitWithConstructor;
public function __construct(){
...
}
}
In this case trait constructor doesn't work.
What You can do?
You can rename trait construcor like this:
class MyClass {
use PropertyBaseTrait {
PropertyBaseTrait::__construct as private __prConstruct;
}
public function __construct(){
$this->__prConstruct();
...
}
}

Answer 2

Avoid writing constructor in traits. That's what I can say.
Instead, you can make them as normal method, then just call it in your class constructor.
Trait
trait Bar
{
public function init()
{
$this->org_id = setting('propertybase_org');
$this->token = setting('propertybase_token');
}
}
Class
class Foo
{
use Bar;
public function __construct()
{
$this->init();
}
}