Re: Attributes vs. Accessors

On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 8:32 AM, Philip Thompson <philthathril@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all. > > Curious. Which do you prefer and why? > > <?php > class Hello { > public $hi; > > function __construct () { > $this->hi = 'Well Hello There!'; > } > > function hi () { > return $this->hi; > } > } > > $hello = new Hello (); > > // Access the value this way... > echo $hello->hi; > > // or the accessor... > echo $hello->hi(); > ?> > > For publicly-declared variables, do you access the attribute directly or use > an accessor? > > ~Philip I access directly to avoid pointless method calls for reads. It'd be nice if there were a way to define a public read-only mode, but in my code it is more of a rule of thumb. I'm pretty strict on what gets public visibility though.