note 86816 added to function.unset

"It is possible to unset even object properties visible in current context" Although the note is clear, in my case it required a little example to grasp its full impact: If your object uses overloaded properties (using the "__set()" magic method) and you unset one of your "real" properties, the "__set()" method will take over if you try to assign a value to this property again. In most cases, the "__set()" method is very much limited in the properties it can set. In my case, I only allow "__set()" to change a limited, predefined, set of properties. Most of them through their "public" name instead of their actual name... This generates a somewhat counter-intuitive situation: If you unset a variable, you expect its value to become "null", which remains true. You also expect to be able to set it again to another value. In the example described above this is not the case: The "__get()" method is invoked and, in my case, doesn't allow the property to be set again! ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 145.120.14.168 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.unset.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/86816 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/86816/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/86816/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/86816/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/86816/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/86816/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/86816/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/86816 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/86816 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php