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

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=62860&edit=1 ID: 62860 Comment by: levim@php.net Reported by: michaelduff2 at yahoo dot com Summary: Moar magic methods! __constructStatic(), __getStatic(), __setStatic(), __get Status: Open Type: Feature/Change Request Package: *General Issues PHP Version: Irrelevant Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: This is at least related to bug 45002. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-09-12 03:35:35] laruence@php.net <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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [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" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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