PHP function overloading

Question

Coming from C++ background ;)
How can I overload PHP functions?

One function definition if there are any arguments, and another if there are no arguments? Is it

Answer 1

PHP doesn't support traditional method overloading, however one way you might be able to achieve what you want, would be to make use of the __call magic method:

class MyClass {
    public function __call($name, $args) {

        switch ($name) {
            case 'funcOne':
                switch (count($args)) {
                    case 1:
                        return call_user_func_array(array($this, 'funcOneWithOneArg'), $args);
                    case 3:
                        return call_user_func_array(array($this, 'funcOneWithThreeArgs'), $args);
                 }
            case 'anotherFunc':
                switch (count($args)) {
                    case 0:
                        return $this->anotherFuncWithNoArgs();
                    case 5:
                        return call_user_func_array(array($this, 'anotherFuncWithMoreArgs'), $args);
                }
        }
    }

    protected function funcOneWithOneArg($a) {

    }

    protected function funcOneWithThreeArgs($a, $b, $c) {

    }

    protected function anotherFuncWithNoArgs() {

    }

    protected function anotherFuncWithMoreArgs($a, $b, $c, $d, $e) {

    }

}