can you have more than one constructor in class php
WORK AROUND
<?php
class Animal
{
public function __construct()
{
$arguments = func_get_args();
$numberOfArguments = func_num_args();
if (method_exists($this, $function = '__construct'.$numberOfArguments)) {
call_user_func_array(array($this, $function), $arguments);
}
}
public function __construct1($a1)
{
echo('__construct with 1 param called: '.$a1.PHP_EOL);
}
public function __construct2($a1, $a2)
{
echo('__construct with 2 params called: '.$a1.','.$a2.PHP_EOL);
}
public function __construct3($a1, $a2, $a3)
{
echo('__construct with 3 params called: '.$a1.','.$a2.','.$a3.PHP_EOL);
}
}
$o = new Animal('sheep');
$o = new Animal('sheep','cat');
$o = new Animal('sheep','cat','dog');
// __construct with 1 param called: sheep
// __construct with 2 params called: sheep,cat
// __construct with 3 params called: sheep,cat,dog