From: wjaspers at nuaire dot com
Operating system: CentOS / Windows XP Pro
PHP version: 6CVS-2007-04-02 (CVS)
PHP Bug Type: Feature/Change Request
Bug description: Method Overloading by Method Signature
Description:
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Please add the ability to overload methods by their signature. This
feature would be the same as Java 5, in that a class could be created with
several functions by the same name, but the PHP engine could determine
which one to use simply by determining which method signature is being
utilized.
I would also hope if this is created, that Constructors may also be
overloaded by signature. (This would make porting java applications to PHP
or vice-versa a cinch).
Reproduce code:
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As an example, the class below has two constructors with the same name,
and three methods with the same name, which would be differentiated simply
by the type and number of variables supplied.
This would make PHP much more object-oriented, and more robust.
<?php
class TestMe
{
var $isValid = false; # intial value
public function TestMe() {
$this->isValid = false;
}
public function TestMe(bool $isValid) {
$this->isValid = $isValid;
}
public function validate() {
}
public function validate(bool $strict) {
}
public function validate(Validator $validatorObject) {
}
}
?>
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Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4):
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40979&r=trysnapshot44
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http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40979&r=trysnapshot52
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Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40979&r=fixedcvs
Fixed in release:
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40979&r=alreadyfixed
Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40979&r=needtrace
Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40979&r=needscript
Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40979&r=oldversion
Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40979&r=support
Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40979&r=notwrong
Not enough info:
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40979&r=notenoughinfo
Submitted twice:
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40979&r=submittedtwice
register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40979&r=globals
PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40979&r=php3
Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40979&r=dst
IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40979&r=isapi
Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40979&r=gnused
Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40979&r=float
No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40979&r=nozend
MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40979&r=mysqlcfg
