intController() and __construct()

You're overthinking it

Yes - it's perfectly valid to do controller-wide resources.

Just forget the initController() exists and you'll be fine. That's used by the framework, not by you. It just makes it a little simpler/cleaner when you want to create controller-wide resources. Instead of:

Code:

public function__construct(...$params)
{
    parent::__construct(...$params);

    // Your stuff goes here...
}

You would do:

Code:

public function__construct()
{
    // Your stuff goes here...
}

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