The purpose of this extension is to allow overloading of object property access and method calls. Only one function is defined in this extension, overload() which takes the name of the class that should have this functionality enabled. The class named has to define appropriate methods if it wants to have this functionality: __get(), __set() and __call() respectively for getting/setting a property, or calling a method. This way overloading can be selective. Inside these handler functions the overloading is disabled so you can access object properties normally.
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Esta extensión es EXPERIMENTAL. Esto significa que el comportamiento de esta extensión, los nombre de sus funciones y en definitiva TODO lo documentado sobre esta extensión, puede cambiar en una futura versión de PHP SIN AVISO. La advertencia queda hecha, y utilizar esta extensión queda bajo su propia responsabiliad. |
In order to use these functions, you must compile PHP with the --enable-overload option. Starting with PHP 4.3.0 this extension is enabled by default. You can disable overload support with --disable--overload.
La versión para Windows de PHP tiene soporte nativo para esta extensión. No se necesita cargar ninguna extensión adicional para usar estas funciones.
Nota: Builtin support for overload is available with PHP 4.3.0.
Some simple examples on using the overload() function:
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As this is an experimental extension, not all things work. There is no __call() support currently, you can only overload the get and set operations for properties. You cannot invoke the original overloading handlers of the class, and __set() only works to one level of property access. |