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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] PHP5: Class behavior: method overloading
From: news@eecoo.de (Vivian Steller)

Walter A. Boring IV wrote:

> I say keep compatibility.  If you want to enforce this, then declare an
> interface.  That is after all why they exist.
> 
> Walt
...

Would be nice if you could give a simple example - i really have problems
working with interfaces :(

My problem was to design a filesystem structure with classes like this:

class Folder {
        var $name;
        var $path;

        function init() {}      // should set $name and $path...

        function read($recursive = FALSE) {}    // should read own content and
eventually all subdirs
}

class File extends Folder {
        // inherited properties and funcs...

        function read() {}      // should read the file content, $recursive is not
needed

}


how could i implement my interfaces? I think interfaces wouldn't solve php4
compatibility problems...

best regards,
vivi