#28129 [WFx]: Overloading [] -operators would be very userful

ID: 28129 Updated by: helly@php.net Reported By: niz at sci dot fi Status: Wont fix Bug Type: Feature/Change Request PHP Version: 5.0.0RC1 New Comment: Also have a look at interface ArrayAccess Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-04-23 22:58:02] derick@php.net We're not going to overload any more operators, you can use SPL for this anyway. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-04-23 19:27:55] niz at sci dot fi Description: ------------ I was developing own array class for php5 and result was not very usable because I can't overload [] -operator.. It's good that iteration is now in php5 but better overloading support is needed. It could work something like this: class xArray { private $data = array(0 => "first", 1 => "second"); function __index($key) { return $this->data[$key] } } $test = new xArray(); print($test[0]); // would print "first" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=28129&edit=1