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Constructor overloading for PHP 5.3

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Constructor Overloading
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[](#constructor-overloading)

A library which allows you to have constructor overloading in PHP >=5.3 projects. This is simply done using: type hint, default value and PHP doc.

Usage
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[](#usage)

In order to use the library it's best recommended to follow some rules. The library is looking for any private / protected methods width start with \_construct in your class. Among these methods the best candidate is picked up. In order to help the library to find the best candidate you shall follow these rules:

1. If your argument is an object, use type hint (example: function(A $a)).
2. Otherwise, the argument is a primitive and in this case if it has a default value, then you can use it to hint its type (example: function ($int = 0)).
3. Otherwise you can use PHP doc (example: @param int $int)

\*\* In case of a primitive has default value and PHP doc the default value will be preferred over the PHP doc.

Examples
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[](#examples)

First, in order to use the library, one must register the autoloader:

```