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drewlabs/overloadable
=====================

Provides function overloading to PHP language. It's an experimental feature as it may not be optimized for all use-case

v0.3.1(1w ago)062515MITPHPPHP ^7.2|^8.0

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PHP Overloadable
================

[](#php-overloadable)

PHP Library that provides Object Oriented method overloading to PHP class definition. It uses the power of PHP reflexion API to find and call overloaded methods.

**Note**The implementation is experimental as it might not be fully optimize for every use case, and may cause performance heck to your application when multiple overload method is provided.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

The recommended way to include the package into your project is by using PHP composer package manager.

In a composer.json at your project or library root folder add the following:

```
{
    // ...
    "require": {
        "drewlabs/overloadable": "^0.1.0"
    }
    // ...
}
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

- Inline method overloading:

```
// ...
use Drewlabs\Overloadable\Overloadable;

class TestClass
{
    use Overloadable;

    public function log(...$args)
    {
        return $this->overload($args, [
            static function (ConsoleLogger $logger) {
                return $logger->log();
            },
            static function (FileLogger $logger, ?string $prefix = null) {
                return $logger->log($prefix ?? 'ERROR024');
            },
        ]);
    }
}
```

- Class method overload

```
// ...
use Drewlabs\Overloadable\Overloadable;

class TestClass
{
    use Overloadable;

    public function log(...$args)
    {
        return $this->overload($args, [
            'log1',
            'log2'
        ]);
    }

    private function log1(ConsoleLogger $logger)
    {
        return $logger->log();
    }

    private function log2(FileLogger $logger, ?string $prefix = null)
    {
        return $logger->log($prefix ?? 'ERROR024');
    }
}
```

After library installation is completed, in order to use the overloadable implementations, include the composer autoload file in your project entry script. The example below assume your project entry script is `index.php` :

```
// index.php
// Load composer autoloaded php scripts using PSR4 implementation
require_once __DIR__ 'vendor/autoload.php';

// Calling the overloaded methods
$object = new TestClass();

$object->log(new FileLogger); // Call the overload that accept an instance of FileLogger as 1st parameter
$object->log(new ConsoleLogger); // Call the overload that accept an instance of ConsoleLogger as 1st parameter

$object->log(new ConsoleLogger, 'ERROR CODE 2308'); // Throws execption as there is no overloaded function that matches
```

###  Health Score

33

—

LowBetter than 72% of packages

Maintenance54

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity17

Limited adoption so far

Community15

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity42

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~588 days

Total

3

Last Release

10d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)v0.1.10PHP >=7.3

v0.3.0PHP ^7.2|^8.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/48c4973d500c7f4233d5ceacab51a57208d5fb60b0f95ae60264cf92380d0534?d=identicon)[azandrew-sidoine](/maintainers/azandrew-sidoine)

---

Top Contributors

[![azandrew-sidoine](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/23530515?v=4)](https://github.com/azandrew-sidoine "azandrew-sidoine (5 commits)")

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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