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Duplicated methods - El Forum - 07-10-2007
[eluser]Lark[/eluser]
Code:
class Test extends Controller
{
function mymethod()
{
echo "My method with no parameters";
}
function mymethod($id)
{
echo "My method with one parameter: " . $id;
}
}If i request: /test/mymethod/
"My method with no parameters" will be returned.
And if i try: /test/mymethod/45
"My method with one parameter: 45" will be returned.
I have tried but with no success. If it's not possible, maybe this would be a good future implementation?
Duplicated methods - El Forum - 07-10-2007
[eluser]Rick Jolly[/eluser]
What you are describing is method overloading as it applies to most OOP programming languages. PHP's definition of method overloading is totally different. You can use default parameters instead:
Code:
function mymethod($id = null)
{
if (! isset($id))
{
echo "My method with no parameters";
}
else
{
echo "My method with one parameter: " . $id;
}
}Duplicated methods - El Forum - 07-11-2007
[eluser]Lark[/eluser]
Ok, then I'll try that method. Thanks.
Duplicated methods - El Forum - 07-18-2007
[eluser]marcoss[/eluser]
[quote author="Rick Jolly" date="1184111418"]What you are describing is method overloading as it applies to most OOP programming languages. PHP's definition of method overloading is totally different. You can use default parameters instead:
Code:
function mymethod($id = null)
{
if (! isset($id))
{
echo "My method with no parameters";
}
else
{
echo "My method with one parameter: " . $id;
}
}That works as he pretends, but it is definitely not method overloading.
You should check this out if you want to know the PHP way of doing it http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.overloading.php
Duplicated methods - El Forum - 07-18-2007
[eluser]Rick Jolly[/eluser]
[quote author="marcoss" date="1184777530"]
You should check this out if you want to know the PHP way of doing it http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.overloading.php[/quote]
Since PHP's version of "method overloading" (really unfortunate name) had nothing to do with Lark's question, discussing it wouldn't have been helpful.