Re: Magic Methods not working

On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 11:04 AM, Paul M Foster <paulf@quillandmouse.com>wrote: > I have a class which instantiates other classes, and has a magic method > like this: > > function _get($classname) > { > return $this->instantiate($classname); > } > > Obviously, the class also has an instantiate method which does what it > says. > > Here's the problem: When I call the instantiate method, it works fine, > like this: > > $db = $sc->instantiate('database'); > > But when I do the following, it *doesn't* work: > > $db = $sc->database; > > In fact it does not call the instantiate() method; I've placed a print > statement in the instantiate() method which fires at then end of the > routine. That statement doesn't fire with the above code. > > The docs on magic methods are pretty slim, so I'm not sure what it is > I'm missing. Can someone enlighten me? > > Paul > > Paul, I seem that you should missed the required underscore " _ " It should the __get() but not _get(). Shall this help ? And here is a quick test !! [ [ [ class test { public $varname = 1000; public function __get($name) { return $this->init($name); } public function init($name) { return new test(); } } $t = new test(); $db = $t->database; if (is_object($db)) { echo $db->varname; } ] ] ] Regards, Eric, -- > Paul M. Foster > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >