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[Phillip Powell]

Matthew Terenzio wrote:

> Can I have multiple constructors, a certain one being called depending 
> on the number or type of parameters passed to the class upon 
> instantiation.
>
> PHP 5 - if so, any gotchas that one might expect from similar OOP 
> languages that won't work here.
>
> Matt


Unfortunately no, but then again, most would argue that multiple 
constructors are a bad thing.  Unlike in Java, where parameters are not 
allowed to be set as optional, PHP allows for this at the expense of 
uniquely-named constructors.

Thus, in Java you have multiple constructors because you have to, in PHP 
you can't have multiple constructors because you don't ever have to.

Phil

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