can you have more than one constructor in class php

1WORK AROUND
2
3<?php
4
5class Animal
6{
7    public function __construct()
8    {
9        $arguments = func_get_args();
10        $numberOfArguments = func_num_args();
11
12        if (method_exists($this, $function = '__construct'.$numberOfArguments)) {
13            call_user_func_array(array($this, $function), $arguments);
14        }
15    }
16   
17    public function __construct1($a1)
18    {
19        echo('__construct with 1 param called: '.$a1.PHP_EOL);
20    }
21   
22    public function __construct2($a1, $a2)
23    {
24        echo('__construct with 2 params called: '.$a1.','.$a2.PHP_EOL);
25    }
26   
27    public function __construct3($a1, $a2, $a3)
28    {
29        echo('__construct with 3 params called: '.$a1.','.$a2.','.$a3.PHP_EOL);
30    }
31}
32
33$o = new Animal('sheep');
34$o = new Animal('sheep','cat');
35$o = new Animal('sheep','cat','dog');
36
37// __construct with 1 param called: sheep
38// __construct with 2 params called: sheep,cat
39// __construct with 3 params called: sheep,cat,dog
40