Comments on: Function Overloading in PHP http://blog.thetonk.com/archives/function-overloading-in-php Tue, 07 Sep 2010 05:59:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Jason Coleman http://blog.thetonk.com/archives/function-overloading-in-php/comment-page-1#comment-481 Jason Coleman Fri, 23 Apr 2010 20:08:22 +0000 http://blog.thetonk.com/?p=511#comment-481 I do this all the time in PHP. Often I have a method that say updates a MySQL table. You can pass it an array to update multiple values, or pass it a single string to update just that field. Also useful on class constructors. Did you pass an integer? Okay, I'll assume that's the id and look it up in a table. Did you pass a string? Okay, I'll just use that data to create the object. It's a little janky, but if you comment well... I do this all the time in PHP. Often I have a method that say updates a MySQL table. You can pass it an array to update multiple values, or pass it a single string to update just that field.

Also useful on class constructors. Did you pass an integer? Okay, I’ll assume that’s the id and look it up in a table. Did you pass a string? Okay, I’ll just use that data to create the object.

It’s a little janky, but if you comment well…

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