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php constructor is not working properly in program

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This code doesn’t give the expected output

class User{
        protected $name;
        protected $age;

        public function __construct($name, $age){
            $this->name = $name;
            $this->age = $age;
        }
    }

    class Customer extends User{
        private $balance;

        public function __construct($name, $age, $balance){
            $this->balance = $balance;
        }

        public function pay($amount){
            return $this->name . ' paid $' . $amount;
        }
    }

    $customer1 = new Customer('Adithya', 23, 50);
    echo $customer1->pay(100);

It only gives this
Can someone please explain the reason?

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  1. 0

    Add the following line to the Customer class constructor so that the parent class constructor is called with the right parameters

    parent::__construct($name, $age);

    So the code is as follows

    (I have added a line in the pay method to make it more meaningful)

    <?php
class User{
        protected $name;
        protected $age;

        public function __construct($name, $age){
            $this->name = $name;
            $this->age = $age;
        }
    }

    class Customer extends User{
        private $balance;

        public function __construct($name, $age, $balance){
            parent::__construct($name, $age);
            $this->balance = $balance;
        }

        public function pay($amount){
            $this->balance = $this->balance - $amount;
            return $this->name . ' paid ' . $amount;
        }

        public function getbalance(){
            return $this->name . ' now has ' . $this->balance ;
        }

    }

    $customer1 = new Customer('Adithya', 23, 50);
    echo $customer1->pay(100);

    echo "<br>";

    echo $customer1->getbalance();
    ?>

    The display will be :

    Adithya paid 100
Adithya now has -50

    (initially Adithya is having 50 as balance, but he has paid 100, so the new balance is -50)

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  2. 0 
        class Customer extends User{
    private $balance;

    public function __construct($name, $age, $balance){
        $this->balance = $balance;
        parent::__construct($name,$age,$balance);
    }

    public function pay($amount){
        return $this->name . ' paid $' . $amount;
    }
}
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