anybody explain overloading and overriding in php

Question

give a example of overloading .overloading explain in details

Answer 1

here is an example in java but you may want to check to see difference or understand the meanings of overriding and overloading https://code.sololearn.com/c0awDMpDLukF/?ref=app

Answer 2

overloading is when you take a function name or operator, and apply multiple definitions for different scenarios. it's handy when you have an object and want one function to handle different types of information.

for example, I can create a function called "set" which will take an argument and store that information into different class variables.

normally:

setID (int id){...}
setName (string name){....}

OR

set (int id){...}
set (string name){...}

in the overloaded function, all I need to do is use set, provide it with an integer or string, and it will handle the data appropriately. versus having to call setID or setName for each case in specific

overriding is when you already have a name defined with a set of inputs, and force the code to use a different function instead.

for example, if setName (string name){ do A } is defined in a parent, overriding it in the child would be writing a function like setName (string name){ do B }

A good scenario would be if you were writing a program to draw shapes. the parent class would be called Shape and it could have a few methods like Shape.draw and Shape.originCoordinates

in a child class, you would override the draw function so rectangle wouldn't draw the same thing as a circle.