note 51188 rejected from language.oop5 by et

Note Submitter: hans at lintoo dot dk ---- Multiple methods with same name but different signature does not compile. trying to do: <?php public function __construct(string $myString) { // do something with string } public function __construct(int $myInt) { // do something with int } ?> does not work, perhaps because you cant do type hinting with string and int, but then you should be able to create them as objects, which would give: <?php public function __construct(String $myString) { // do something with string } public function __construct(Integer $myInt) { // do something with int } ?> but that don't work either so you need to do: <?php public function __construct($myString=null,$myInt=null) { if (!is_null($myInt)) { // do something with int } else if (!is_null($myString)) { // do something with string } else { throw new Exception("Error: __construct called without string *OR* int"; } } ?> Hans Duedal // http://www.lintoo.dk/