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[Kenneth Downs]

Ben Sgro wrote:
> Yup,
>
> I figured I'd go down that path. It just adds extra logic, because in one
> case the 1st arg is an array, in the other its a bunch of strings.

Yeah, I just handle that by putting a trap in, if the argument is an 
array I leave it alone but if it is a string I explode it.

>
> Ok, so you the answer is "no", you can't do method overloading in php?

AFAIK, Yes, the answer is no :)

>
> - Ben
>
> Kenneth Downs wrote:
>> Ben Sgro wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> Reading a java book on OOP, I wanted to do this in php:
>>>
>>> class foo
>>> {
>>>    public function bar($string){...}
>>>    public function bar($string, $int, $array) {...}
>>> }
>>>
>>>
>>> It should provide different "signatures" and allow method 
>>> overloading...
>>> Why not in php?
>>
>> I can't answer the "why", but you can get to the same place by 
>> providing default values:
>>
>> class foo {
>>    public function bar ($string,$int=0,$array=array()) { ... }
>> }
>>
>>>
>>> Is that not built in?
>>>
>>> - Ben
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