Re: __get() and __set() in PHP 5

Andi, Wouldn't it be more useful if they worked for all variables, or is there a design reason why they work as they do currently? --Paul > Yes, you are right. They only work if the variable is not defined. > > Andi > > At 08:03 PM 12/7/2003 +0100, Paul Hudson wrote: > >All, > > > >I've been poking around with these two functions while testing the build > > from CVS, and am not sure how they're supposed to work. From what I can > > gather, they are only called when changing a variable that wasn't in the > > class definition. I say that because I took the example script from > >http://uk.php.net/zend-engine-2.php and stripped it down to > >this: > > > ><?php > >class Setter { > > public $n; > > public $z; > > > > function __get($nm) { > > print "Getting [$nm]\n"; > > } > > > > function __set($nm, $val) { > > print "Setting [$nm] to $val\n"; > > } > >} > > > >$foo = new Setter(); > >$foo->n = 1; > >$foo->z++; > >$foo->z++; > >?> > > > >That script outputs nothing, despite reading and writing to z twice, and > >writing to n once. If you comment out the "public $n;" and "public > >$z;" > >lines, you get the following output: > > > >Setting [n] to 1 > >Getting [z] > >Setting [z] to 1 > >Getting [z] > >Setting [z] to 1 > > > >... which is what I was expecting. > > > >Are __get() and __set(), then, only supposed to work with non-declared > >variables, or am I doing something wrong? > > > >Thanks, > > > > > >--Paul > > > >-- > >PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > >To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php