Req #54019 [NEW]: synthesize class property setter/getter feature request

From: Operating system: n/a PHP version: Irrelevant Package: Unknown/Other Function Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description:synthesize class property setter/getter feature request Description: ------------ This is a take from the objective-c language, and may prove useful in future releases of PHP. Currently, to generate generic setters/getters for class properties, this must be done manually in the class declaration: class Foo { public $bar function bar() { return $this->bar; } function setBar($val) { $this->bar = $val; } } This can be a tedious task when there are many properties, and clutter up the class. Using the __call() magic function for manual pseudo-synthesized functions is a complexity and extra wrapper call that could be avoided. Feature request: the ability to have PHP automatically synthesize generic setters/getters for properties. You would specify which properties are synthesized. Syntax idea: class Foo { synthesize public $bar; // bar() and setBar() are now automatically synthesized by PHP } Manual overrides to these synthesized methods are permissible, in case a non- generic method is required. This feature would greatly simplify boiler-plate setter/getter setup, and avoid the overhead of using __call() as a wrapper to create a manual psuedo-synthesize functionality. PHP IDE's would be able to identify synthesized properties for auto-completion of available setter/getter methods. -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=54019&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54019&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54019&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54019&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54019&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54019&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54019&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54019&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54019&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54019&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54019&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54019&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54019&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54019&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54019&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54019&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54019&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54019&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54019&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54019&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54019&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54019&r=mysqlcfg