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From: suneelbadola at yahoo dot com
Operating system: Linux/Windows
PHP version: 5.1.5
PHP Bug Type: Feature/Change Request
Bug description: cunstructor overloading is not allowed in php5

Description:
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The constructor over loading is not allowed in PHP however for being OOPS
based language it should.

Reproduce code:
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class PDF extends FPDF
{

public function __construct($one){
echo "one";
}
public function __construct($one,$two){
echo "two";
}
public function __construct(){
echo "blank";
}
}

Expected result:
----------------
it should allow us contructor overloading.

Actual result:
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error: can not redeclare function.

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Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38529&r=support
Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38529&r=notwrong
Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38529&r=notenoughinfo
Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38529&r=submittedtwice
register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38529&r=globals
PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38529&r=php3
Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38529&r=dst
IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38529&r=isapi
Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38529&r=gnused
Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38529&r=float
No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38529&r=nozend
MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38529&r=mysqlcfg

ID: 38529
Updated by: tony2001@php.net
Reported By: suneelbadola at yahoo dot com
-Status: Open
+Status: Bogus
Bug Type: Feature/Change Request
Operating System: Linux/Windows
PHP Version: 5.1.5
New Comment:

Function overloading is not supported and never going to be, since PHP
is weakly typed language.


Previous Comments:
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[2006-08-21 04:18:03] suneelbadola at yahoo dot com

Description:
------------
The constructor over loading is not allowed in PHP however for being
OOPS based language it should.

Reproduce code:
---------------
class PDF extends FPDF
{

public function __construct($one){
echo "one";
}
public function __construct($one,$two){
echo "two";
}
public function __construct(){
echo "blank";
}
}

Expected result:
----------------
it should allow us contructor overloading.

Actual result:
--------------
error: can not redeclare function.


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