Can you override interface methods with different, but “compatible”, signatures?

Question

Consider the following PHP interfaces:

interface Item {
    // some methods here
}

interface SuperItem extends Item {
    // some extra methods here, not define         


        

Answer 1

When I have a method that I may need to overload (which PHP does not support), I make sure that one of the method arguments (usually the last) is an array. In this way I can pass whatever I need to. I can then test within the function for various array elements to tell me what routine in the method I need to perform, usually in a select/case.