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Aran
Aran

Reputation: 3338

Multiple Overloading in PHP

So I know I can use __callStatic() to allow for:

Example::test();

Too work... But what I was wondering if its possible to overload 

Example::test->one()
Example::test->two()

Is this possible at all with PHP? If so does anyone have a working example?

Or does anyone know of a work around?

Edit

Thought I would add some more details on why am wanting to do this and its basically cause I have a API with has methods like api.method.function and want to build a simple script to interact with that api.

There is also some methods that are just api.method

Upvotes: 0

Views: 113

Answers (1)

deviousdodo
deviousdodo

Reputation: 9172

To quote the manual:

__callStatic() is triggered when invoking inaccessible methods in a static context.

So it doesn't work with properties - what you would need for your example to work as you described it is __getStatic. But, that doesn't exist.

The closest workaround that I can think of would be to use something like:

Example::test()->one();
Example::test()->two();

Where test() can be defined through __callStatic and it returns an object which has the methods one and two, or has __call defined.

EDIT:

Here's a small example (code hasn't been tested):

class ExampleTest {
    public function __call($name, $arguments) {
        if ($name == 'one') {
            return 'one';
        }

        if ($name == 'two') {
            return 'two';
        }
    }
}

class Example {
    public static function __callStatic($name, $arguments) {
        if ($name == 'test') {
             // alternatively it could be return ExampleTest.getInstance() if you always want the same instance
            return new ExampleTest();
        }
    }
}

Upvotes: 4

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