PHP是一种动态语言，因此不能重载方法。你必须像这样检查参数的类型:

class Student 
{
   protected $id;
   protected $name;
   // etc.

   public function __construct($idOrRow){
    if(is_int($idOrRow))
    {
        $this->id = $idOrRow;
        // other members are still uninitialized
    }
    else if(is_array($idOrRow))
    {
       $this->id = $idOrRow->id;
       $this->name = $idOrRow->name;
       // etc.  
    }
}

另一种选择是像这样在构造函数中使用默认参数

class Student {

    private $id;
    private $name;
    //...

    public function __construct($id, $row=array()) {
        $this->id = $id;
        foreach($row as $key => $value) $this->$key = $value;
    }
}

这意味着你需要实例化一行像这样:$student = new student ($row['id']， $row)，但保持你的构造函数漂亮和干净。

另一方面，如果你想利用多态性，那么你可以创建两个类，像这样:

class Student {

    public function __construct($row) {
         foreach($row as $key => $value) $this->$key = $value;
    }
}

class EmptyStudent extends Student {

    public function __construct($id) {
        parent::__construct(array('id' => $id));
    }
}

我知道我在这方面非常晚，但我提出了一个相当灵活的模式，应该允许一些真正有趣和通用的实现。

像往常一样设置类，使用您喜欢的任何变量。

class MyClass{ protected $myVar1; protected $myVar2; public function __construct($obj = null){ if($obj){ foreach (((object)$obj) as $key => $value) { if(isset($value) && in_array($key, array_keys(get_object_vars($this)))){ $this->$key = $value; } } } } } When you make your object just pass an associative array with the keys of the array the same as the names of your vars, like so... $sample_variable = new MyClass([ 'myVar2'=>123, 'i_dont_want_this_one'=> 'This won\'t make it into the class' ]); print_r($sample_variable); The print_r($sample_variable); after this instantiation yields the following: MyClass Object ( [myVar1:protected] => [myVar2:protected] => 123 ) Because we've initialize $group to null in our __construct(...), it is also valid to pass nothing whatsoever into the constructor as well, like so... $sample_variable = new MyClass(); print_r($sample_variable); Now the output is exactly as expected: MyClass Object ( [myVar1:protected] => [myVar2:protected] => ) The reason I wrote this was so that I could directly pass the output of json_decode(...) to my constructor, and not worry about it too much. This was executed in PHP 7.1. Enjoy!

Kris的回答很好，但正如Buttle Butku评论的那样，新的static()将在PHP 5.3+中被首选。

所以我会这样做(根据克里斯的回答修改):

<?php

class Student
{
    public function __construct() {
        // allocate your stuff
    }

    public static function withID( $id ) {
        $instance = new static();
        $instance->loadByID( $id );
        return $instance;
    }

    public static function withRow( array $row ) {
        $instance = new static();
        $instance->fill( $row );
        return $instance;
    }

    protected function loadByID( $id ) {
        // do query
        $row = my_awesome_db_access_stuff( $id );
        $this->fill( $row );
    }

    protected function fill( array $row ) {
        // fill all properties from array
    }
}

?>

用法:

<?php

$student1 = Student::withID($id);
$student2 = Student::withRow($row);

?>

我还在php.net OOP文档中找到了一个有用的例子。

更现代的方法: 你把独立的类混合成一个，实体和数据水合。 对于你的案例，你应该有两个类:

class Student 
{
   protected $id;
   protected $name;
   // etc.
}
class StudentHydrator
{
   public function hydrate(Student $student, array $data){
      $student->setId($data['id']);
      if(isset($data['name')){
        $student->setName($data['name']);
      }
      // etc. Can be replaced with foreach
      return $student;
   }
}

//usage
$hydrator = new StudentHydrator();
$student = $hydrator->hydrate(new Student(), ['id'=>4]);
$student2 = $hydrator->hydrate(new Student(), $rowFromDB);

另外请注意，您应该使用doctrine或其他已经提供自动实体水合的ORM。 你应该使用依赖注入来跳过手动创建像StudentHydrator这样的对象。

你可以像下面这样做，非常简单明了:

public function __construct()    
{
   $arguments = func_get_args(); 

   switch(sizeof(func_get_args()))      
   {
    case 0: //No arguments
        break; 
    case 1: //One argument
        $this->do_something($arguments[0]); 
        break;              
    case 2:  //Two arguments
        $this->do_something_else($arguments[0], $arguments[1]); 
        break;            
   }
}