function overloading

[Liquid Fire]

is it true that it is not possible to over functions/class methods in php?

[per1os]

Everything is possible in its own work around. Here is an example of overloading a function in PHP

 

<?php

class a {

function a() {
	// constructor
	$this->b = new b();
}


function overLoad() {
	// extra data here

	return $this->b->overLoad() "!!!";
}

}

class b {

function b() {
	// constructor
}


function overLoad() {
	// extra data here

	return "The cat is fat";
}

}
?>

 

 

Another alternative might be this (I have not tested this)

 

<?php

class a extends b {

function a() {
	// constructor
}


function overLoad() {
	// extra data here

	return b::overLoad() . "!!!";
}

}

class b {

function b() {
	// constructor
}


function overLoad() {
	// extra data here

	return "The cat is fat";
}

}
?>

 

 

Now as for processing time for the first one, it should not be too bad for 1 class etc. But if you have 5 classes you are trying to do that to, your processing time increases dramatically. I am not sure what the second one result is.

 

Either way if you test it out let us know what you find.

 

--FrosT

[Liquid Fire]

Yea that is too much of a work around for have overloading functions/method.  maybe one day it will, i'll just wait till then.

[per1os]

Yea, I found that out the hard way. Oh well all that Java knowledge down the tube =) PHP 5 may support overloading, I am not sure.

 

--FrosT