Comments for PHP Function Overloading at http://john.codecall.net , comment 1 to 4 out of 4 comments http://john.codecall.net Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:31:31 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://john.codecall.net/component/myblog/PHP-Function-Overloading.html#comment-145 When using three parameters, $host is indeed the host server. However, when using a single parameter, $host is a data source name (not an actual host server address). I couldn't find anything about overloading being part of PHP 6. Although, I am sure it will be implemented in soon-to-come versions. At least we get the long awaited namespaces with php 5.3. - John Sun, 29 Jun 2008 18:49:06 +0100 http://john.codecall.net/component/myblog/PHP-Function-Overloading.html#comment-142 How does $host become misleading? I bet function overloading will be a part of PHP 6 though. - Jordan Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:38:42 +0100 http://john.codecall.net/component/myblog/PHP-Function-Overloading.html#comment-140 I agree, but then the variable name $host becomes misleading. Nonetheless, PHP is missing a very important OOP aspect :/ - John Sun, 29 Jun 2008 11:43:33 +0100 http://john.codecall.net/component/myblog/PHP-Function-Overloading.html#comment-139 I prefer to use the first method (vs func_get_arg) for documentation purposes. In 3 months if you came back to your code it would be a lot easier to read: connect($host, $username=null, $password=null) [b] than[/b] connect() extracting the func_get_arg. - Jordan Sun, 29 Jun 2008 10:20:53 +0100