Re: Re: [PHP-DEV] __autocreate() function for non-existing variables

Hello. Sorry for double posting but I forgot to CC it to the mailing list. Basically I need some special names to be available automatically without the need to create them via new() Some of them just like the database object will be singletons, but some need a different copy in every symbol table in which they are used. Basically a singleton + automatic visibility is an autoglobal variable, but a non-singleton + automatic visibility cannot be implemented without adding some functionality to the Zend engine. vesselin > >I don't see need for this magic. You can implement this using a simple >singleton pattern, if you need it. I don't think we want to add features >that will condone the use of globals, a singleton class is a much better >solution for that. > >Zeev > >At 06:10 20/08/2003, Vesselin Atanasov wrote: >>Hello. >>I think that it would be useful to allow an __autocreate() function create >>non-existing >>variables just like __autoload is called for non-existing classes. The >>function will be >>called when an attempt is made to read a non-existent variable. It will >>return a reference >>to the new variable it creates. This could be very useful in some cases. For >>example it >>could be used in a php library that creates a database object. When some >>function tries to >>use the database object, the __autocreate function will check if a global >>database object >>exists. If it does not exist the function will create the database object as >>global and >>in either case return a reference to the object. >> >>I am willing to implement this functionality, but I'd like to hear the >>opinion of the PHP >>developers first and especially of the Zend2 team because this functionality >>will modify >>the Zend2 engine. >> >>vesselin >> >> >>-- >>PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List >>To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >