note 98514 added to language.oop5.decon

Another way to overcome PHP's lack of multi constructors support is to check for the constructor's parameters' type and variate the operation accordingly. This works well when the number of parameters stays the same in all your constructors' needs. Example: <?php class Articles { private $_articles_array; public function __construct($input) { if (is_array($input)) { // Initialize articles array with input. } else if ($input instanceof SimpleXMLElement) { // Initialize articles array by parsing the XML. } else { throw new Exception('Wrong input type'); } } } ?> ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 81.218.134.32 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.decon.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/98514 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/98514/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/98514/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/98514/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/98514/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/98514/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/98514/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/98514 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/98514 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php