Re: Real properties in PHP

Marian Kostadinov wrote:

public getter fullName { // may also have () return "{$this->firstName} {$this->lastName}"; } public setter fullName ($value) { // may also not have ($value) but a special var. list ($this->firstName, $this->lastName) = explode (' ', $value, 2); }

This can be easily done with function __get($name) {

        $get = "get_$name";

        return $this->$get();

} function __set($name, $value) {

        $set = "set_$name";

        $this->$set($value);

} in your base class (the function names are then get_fullName/set_fullName. - Chris