Re: Keyword Constructor

On 2 August 2011 06:28, Ren <lobbyjones@gmail.com> wrote: > For a long time I wanted keyword parameters in PHP.  But thanks to > newer features like traits and reflection classes I have come up with > something that looks pretty close. > >    trait KeywordConstructor { >        public function __construct($members) { >            $class = new ReflectionClass($this); >            $properties = $class->getProperties(); > >            foreach ($properties as $p) { >                $name = $p->getName(); > >                if (isset($members[$name])) { >                    $this->$name = $members[$name]; >                } >            } >        } >    } > >     class User { >         use KeywordConstructor; >         private $name; >         private $age; >     } > >    $lobby = new User(['name' => 'Lobby', 'age' => 36]); > > Right now this requires the trunk version of PHP to work.  I just > wanted to share this in case anyone finds it interesting and/or > useful. I use a similar technique when I need to populate a SOAP class on the server to coerce data from the DB into the appropriate type as defined in the docblock of the class. -- Richard Quadling Twitter : EE : Zend : PHPDoc @RQuadling : e-e.com/M_248814.html : bit.ly/9O8vFY : bit.ly/lFnVea