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[Kenneth Downs]

Ben Sgro wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Reading a java book on OOP, I wanted to do this in php:
>
> class foo
> {
>    public function bar($string){...}
>    public function bar($string, $int, $array) {...}
> }
>
>
> It should provide different "signatures" and allow method overloading...
> Why not in php?

I can't answer the "why", but you can get to the same place by providing 
default values:

class foo {
    public function bar ($string,$int=0,$array=array()) { ... }
}

>
> Is that not built in?
>
> - Ben
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