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Did you ever want to add, subtract or multiply objects?
This is a rfc on https://wiki.php.net/rfc/userspace_operator_overloading

I've created an extension that enables this functionality.

Installation

$ cd ~
$ git clone https://github.com/tasoftch/php-extension-operation-overload.git
$ cd php-extension-operation-overload/ext
$ phpize
$ ./configure --enable-tasoft_usr_op_overload
$ make
$ sudo make install

This compiles the source on your machine.
Next find the php.ini file

$ php --ini

Will list scanned ini files.
Add the following line to that php.ini file: extension=tasoft_usr_op_overload

<?php
var_dump( extension_loaded('tasoft_usr_op_overload') ); // Should be true

Usage

This package ships with a header class

<?php
use TASoft\Util\OperationOverloadingObject;

All of its child classes may implement static method to the common operations in PHP.
If the extension is not installed, the class exists anyway, but it will trigger a warning and the operation overloading won't work.

There are PHP interfaces declared which describe the implemented operation overloading.

• ArithmeticOperationOverloadingInterface.php (optional)
• BitwiseOperationOverloadingInterface.php (optional)
• CompareOperationOverloadingInterface.php (required)
• StringOperationOverloadingInterface.php (optional)

The objects don't need to implement the interfaces. If the requested method exists, they get called otherwise the zend engine produces a fatal error.

Example

<?php
use TASoft\Util\OperationOverloadingObject as OpOv;

class Number extends OpOv {
    private $number;
    public function __construct($number) {
        $this->number = $number;
    }
    
    public static function __add($op1,$op2){
        if($op1 instanceof Number)
            $op1 = $op1->number;
        if($op2 instanceof Number)
            $op2 = $op2->number;
        
        return $op1 + $op2;
    }
}

$n1 = new Number(23);
$n2 = new Number(18);

echo $n1 + $n2; // 41