Re: static __get function

I'm not sure if it will help but do't define the magic functions as public static, use just: function __get(...) The function is not public anyway, as it should no be called directly. And to my knowledge self:: references a class, not an object. You should use $this-> instead. David Goodlad static objectwrote:

Hi all... I'm trying to build a simple configureation class (using the singleton pattern). Using PHP5, I want to use the __get and __set methods to access configuration settings for my site. However, they don't work :P Here's my class definition: class Configuration {

    static private $ConfigSettings;

    private function __construct() {
           }

    public static function __get($Setting) {
        if (!is_array(self::$ConfigSettings)) {
            require_once(dirname(__FILE__) . '/../../configs/Framework.conf.php');
        }

        if (isset(self::$ConfigSettings[$Setting])) {
            return self::$ConfigSettings[$Setting];
        }

        return NULL;
    }

    public static function __set($Setting, $Value) {
        self::$ConfigSettings[$Setting] = $Value;
    }

} However, instead of doing something like: Configuration::DbType = 'mysql'; I have to use: Configuration::__set('DbType', 'mysql'); It works, yes, but not quite like I want it to - it just seems 'ugly' to me. This is using PHP5 RC1 on Apache 2.0.49 (linux). Any suggestions? Dave