Does php support operator overloading?

Question

I'm trying to create a class that takes in a date and I'd like to compare it with another object without having to use methods or properties.

This is what I'm trying to do:

$obj1 = new myClass('2016-08-15');
$obj2 = new myClass('2016-02-06');

if ($obj1 > $obj2){
    ...
}

I know how to do the date comparison, all I need to know is how to overload the operators >, < and ==.

Thanks.

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 24 '16 at 14:35

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PHP doesn't support operator overloading.

There is an ancient extension which allowed to do this in a manner similar to python. You can find it here.

That being said, your best bet nowadays is to just use regular methods for comparison.

answered Apr 24 '16 at 14:35

Kuba Birecki

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It seems that it is still possible to [overload the array subscript operator](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7586746/can-i-overload-an-array-subscript-operator-in-php) using the `ArrayAccess` interface. – Anderson Green Sep 11 '21 at 18:59

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 24 '16 at 14:29

PHP's interpretation of "overloading" is different than most object oriented languages. Overloading traditionally provides the ability to have multiple methods with the same name but different quantities and types of arguments.

I hope this link will help you to understand concept,

http://php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.overloading.php

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 15 '21 at 11:14

You can use pecl-php-operator to overload operator.

git clone https://github.com/php/pecl-php-operator
cd pecl-php-operator
phpize
./confiure
make && make install
echo "extension=operator.so" > /etc/php/7.2/mods-available/operator.ini
ln -s /etc/php/7.2/mods-available/operator.ini /etc/php/7.2/cli/conf.d/20-operator.ini
ln -s /etc/php/7.2/mods-available/operator.ini /etc/php/7.2/fpm/conf.d/20-operator.ini
service php7.2-fpm reload

Does php support operator overloading?

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