Examples
Overloading is defining a method multiple times with different input parameters, then conditionally running whichever method matches the provided input.
It looks like the "overload" function just enables magic methods for a class, which can be used in implementing an extremely janky simulation of overloading.
Also, it seems that magic methods are enabled by default in php5 regardless of whether the overload function has been run on a class.
Some simple examples on using the overload() function:
Example #1 Overloading a PHP class
<?php
class OO {
var $a = 111;
var $elem = array('b' => 9, 'c' => 42);
// Callback method for getting a property
function __get($prop_name, &$prop_value)
{
if (isset($this->elem[$prop_name])) {
$prop_value = $this->elem[$prop_name];
return true;
} else {
return false;
}
}
// Callback method for setting a property
function __set($prop_name, $prop_value)
{
$this->elem[$prop_name] = $prop_value;
return true;
}
}
// Here we overload the OO object
overload('OO');
$o = new OO;
echo "\$o->a: $o->a\n"; // print: $o->a: 111
echo "\$o->b: $o->b\n"; // print: $o->b: 9
echo "\$o->c: $o->c\n"; // print: $o->c: 42
echo "\$o->d: $o->d\n"; // print: $o->d:
// add a new item to the $elem array in OO
$o->x = 56;
// instantiate stdclass (it is built-in in PHP 4)
// $val is not overloaded!
$val = new stdclass;
$val->prop = 555;
// Set "a" to be an array with the $val object in it
// But __set() will put this in the $elem array
$o->a = array($val);
var_dump($o->a[0]->prop);
?>
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User Contributed NotesOverloading a PHP class
scurvysquid at yahoo dot com
04-Jun-2009 04:43
04-Jun-2009 04:43
Anonymous
26-Mar-2009 08:48
26-Mar-2009 08:48
You can't redeclare because PHP won't know which one to use. Use a default value and test conditionally instead such as
<?php
public function method($arg=false){
if($arg==false){
//do something
} else {
//do something else
}
}
?>
ly dot sitthykun at yahoo dot com
22-Jan-2009 06:47
22-Jan-2009 06:47
<?php
class Foo{
public function method(){
echo "call Method no paramater";
}
public function method($par){
echo "call Method has a paramater";
}
}
$foo = new Foo();
echo $foo->method("param");]
?>
#output:
Fatal error: Cannot redeclare Foo::method() in class_overload.php on line 6
why?
we can not create the same method name.