note 107547 added to language.oop5.overloading

From: Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:11:50 +0000
Subject: note 107547 added to language.oop5.overloading
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I find the following use of __set and __get useful: <?php class Post { private $title; private $content; private $author; private $comments; private $_getters = array('title', 'content', 'author', 'comments'); private $_setters = array('title', 'content', 'author'); public function __get($property) { if (in_array($property, $this->_setters)) { return $this->$property; } else if (method_exists($this, '_get_' . $property)) return call_user_func(array($this, '_get_' . $property)); else if (in_array($property, $this->_getters) OR method_exists($this, '_set_' . $property)) throw new Exception('Property "' . $property . '" is write-only.'); else throw new Exception('Property "' . $property . '" is not accessible.'); } public function __set($property, $value) { if (in_array($property, $this->_getters)) { $this->$property = $value; } else if (method_exists($this, '_set_' . $property)) call_user_func(array($this, '_set_' . $property), $value); else if (in_array($property, $this->_setters) OR method_exists($this, '_get_' . $property)) throw new Exception('Property "' . $property . '" is read-only.'); else throw new Exception('Property "' . $property . '" is not accessible.'); } } ?> This way the variables in the $_getters array can be read from the outside and the variables in the $_setters array can be modified from the outside, like this: <?php $post = new Post(); $post->title = 'Hello, World'; echo $post->title; // The following will throw an exception since $comments is read-only: $post->comments = 23; ?> And in case you need a less generic getter or setter at some point, you can remove the variable from the $_getters or $_setters array and implement a method like: <?php private function _set_title($value) { $this->title = str_replace('World', 'Universe', $value); } ?> And from the outside the property could still be used with: <?php $post->title = 'Hello, World!'; ?> I've tried a couple of different ways of doing this, but this seems to be the fastest (although still around 2 times slower than using ugly old school getter- and setter-methods). Functions like property_exists() are unnecessary and only makes thing even slower (my initial attempt at using __set and __get was up to 9 times slower than traditional getter/setter methods). Could probably still be improved/changed in different ways depending on context. ---- Server IP: 195.184.96.15 Probable Submitter: 212.10.157.67 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.overloading.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/107547 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/107547/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/107547/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/107547/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/107547/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/107547/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/107547/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/107547 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/107547 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php

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