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[nycphp-talk] multiple constructors

Matthew Terenzio webmaster at localnotion.com
Wed Sep 29 22:09:58 EDT 2004


> Or just use func_get_args()

I see, that will work for me George.

Would you agree that if it is an object or a certain "typed" parameter 
you expect, you should explicitly show what the constructor is 
expecting. I mean for the sake of a future programmer using  the 
class.?

I'm going to think about objects all night, instead of getting any 
scripting done. : )


On Sep 29, 2004, at 9:53 PM, George Schlossnagle wrote:

>
> On Sep 29, 2004, at 9:51 PM, Matthew Terenzio wrote:
>
>>> 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.
>>
>> So,  put the max number of parameters that could be passed in the 
>> constructor and just pass arg1, arg2 to the max upon instantiation, 
>> depending on the situation?
>
>
>
> George
>
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