note 82220 added to language.oop5.overloading

you CAN write into ARRAYS by using __set and __get magic functions. as has been mentioned before $obj->var['key'] = 'test'; does call the __get method of $obj, and there is no way to find out, if the method has been called for setting purposes. the solution is quite simple: use __get to return the array by reference. then you can write into it: <?php class setter{ private $_arr = array(); public function __set($name, $value){ $this->_arr[$name] = $value; } public function &__get($name){ if (isset($this->_arr[$name])){ return $this->_arr[$name]; } else return null; } } ?> ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 85.127.91.224 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.overloading.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/82220 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/82220/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/82220/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/82220/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/82220/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/82220/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/82220/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/82220 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/82220 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php