Constructor Overloading using the Php5 __call() method

gistfile1.php

<?php

/**
 * @constructor overloading using the __call() function
 *
 */
class Player {
	private $name;
	private $surname;
	private $country;
	private $apt;

	public function __construct() {
		$num = func_num_args();
		$args = func_get_args();
		
		switch($num) {
			case 0 :
			$this->__call('__construct_0', null);
			break;
			case 1 :
			$this->__call('__construct_1', $args);
			break;
			case 2 :
			$this->__call('__construct_2', $args);
			break;
			case 3 :
			$this->__call('__construct_3', $args);
			break;
			case 4 :
			$this->__call('__construct_4', $args);
			break;
			default :
			throw new Exception();
		}
	}

	public function __construct_0() {
		echo 'constructor 0' . '<br />';
	}

	public function __construct_1($name) {
		$this->name = $name;
		echo 'constructor 1: ' . $this->name . '<br />';
	
	}
	public function __construct_2($name, $surname) {
		$this->name = $name;
		$this->surname = $surname;
		echo 'constructor 2: ' . $this->name . ' | ' . $this->surname . '<br />';
	
	}
	public function __construct_3($name, $surname, $country) {
		$this->name = $name;
		$this->surname = $surname;
		$this->country = $country;
		echo 'constructor 3: '. $this->name .' | '. $this->surname .' | '. $this->country .'<br />';
	
	}
	public function __construct_4($name, $surname, $country, $apt) {
		$this->name = $name;
		$this->surname = $surname;
		$this->surname = $surname;
		$this->apt = $apt;
		echo 'constructor 4: '. $this->name .' | '. $this->surname .' | '. $this->country .' | '. $this->apt .'<br />';
	
	}

	private function __call($constructor, $arg) {
		return call_user_func_array( array( $this, $constructor ), $arg );
	}
}

$player1 = new Player('Jared');
$player2 = new Player('Jared', 'Williams');
$player3 = new Player('Jared', 'Williams', 'USA');
$player4 = new Player('Jared', 'Williams', 'USA', '1');

?>