Req #62860 [ReO]: Moar magic methods! __constructStatic(), __getStatic(), __setStatic(), __get

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=62860&edit=1 ID: 62860 Updated by: laruence@php.net Reported by: michaelduff2 at yahoo dot com Summary: Moar magic methods! __constructStatic(), __getStatic(), __setStatic(), __get Status: Re-Opened Type: Feature/Change Request Package: *General Issues PHP Version: Irrelevant Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: <GoogleGuy> The fact that his code defies the point of using magic getters and setters should have been a hint. <GoogleGuy> __get and __set are meant for inaccessible variables. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-09-12 02:52:03] laruence@php.net they are not dup... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-09-12 02:41:08] reeze@php.net Duplicate to https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=45002 closed. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-09-05 15:12:01] matthew dot bonner at gmail dot com Sorry in my last example there was a typo, and what I meant was: I would like to add that being magic methods, it would be nice if they could do a little more magic, ie: class Classy { public static $foo = 'foo'; public $bar = 'bar'; public static function __get ($propertyName) { return self::$propertyName; } public function __get ($propertyName) { return $this->$propertyName; } } echo Classy::$foo; // outputs "foo" $classy = new Classy; echo $classy->bar; // outputs "bar" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-09-05 15:10:36] matthew dot bonner at gmail dot com I would like to add that being magic methods, it would be nice if they could do a little more magic, ie: class Classy { public static $foo = 'foo'; public $bar = 'bar'; public static function __get ($propertyName) { return $this->$propertyName; } public function __get ($propertyName) { return self::$propertyName; } } echo Classy::$foo; // outputs "foo" $classy = new Classy; echo $classy->bar; // outputs "bar" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-09-05 15:06:06] matthew dot bonner at gmail dot com The additional magic methods with static support have been requested over and over for well over 5 years now. Is PHP a dying language because the developers don't have the time to provide essential functionality? There are so many hacks going about now to try and provide essential functionality and there is so much messy code all over the place to support what should be part of PHP 5 as standard. Sorry for my raving and ranting but the reputation of PHP is being severely damaged by not providing the essentials. .NET has static accessor and mutator support, Java does too. All the big languages do apart from PHP. class PLEASE_SUPPORT_AT_A_MINIMUM { public static function __construct () {} public static function __set ($propertyName, $propertyValue) {} public static function __get ($propertyName) {} public function setConstDynamically () { const Foo = 'foo'; echo self::Foo; } } Otherwise I will fork PHP and provide this essential functionality myself which will ultimately result in the death of the original PHP. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The remainder of the comments for this report are too long. To view the rest of the comments, please view the bug report online at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=62860 -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=62860&edit=1