PHP two methods with the same name

Question

Can I have two methods sharing the same name, but with different arguments?

One would be public static and would take 2 arguments, the other one just public and takes on

Answer 1

You could, kind of... I consider it very much "hack" solutions, but you could make a single function and assign a standard value, that wouldn't otherwise be okay to use, to the parameters as needed. Then if you do not pass the function a certain parameter, it will be set to fx "-1".

public function getPrice($product_id = "-1", $currency) {
    if($product_id = "-1") {
        //do something
    }else {
        //do something
    }
}

Or if you really need one method to be static, you can make a method that evaluates which method to call and call that instead of your getPrice:

public function whichGetPrice($product_id = "-1", $currency) {
    if($product !== "-1") {
        getStaticPrice($product_id, $currency);
    }else {
        getPrice($currency);
    }
}

Like I said, very much "hack" solutions. It's not exactly pretty, nor a way people would expect you to do it. So I wouldn't necessarily recommend it, but it can help you do what you want.