note 108466 added to reflectionclass.newinstancewithoutconstructor

This new Feature enables Annotation based Dependency Injection: <?php //dependency to inject class dep {} class a { /** * @inject * @var dep */ protected $foo; } class b extends a { /** * @inject * @var dep */ protected $bar; public function __construct() { echo "CONSTRUCTOR CALLED\n"; } } $ref = new ReflectionClass('b'); $inst = $ref->newInstanceWithoutConstructor(); $list = $ref->getProperties(); foreach($list as $prop){ /* @var $prop ReflectionProperty */ $prop->getDocComment(); //grep for @inject and the @vars class name $prop->setAccessible(true); $prop->setValue($inst, new dep()); } if($const = $ref->getConstructor()) { $constName = $const->getName(); $inst->{$constName}(); //use call_user_func_array($function, $param_arr); for arguments } print_r($inst); print_r($inst->foo); //property still not accessable The Output: CONSTRUCTOR CALLED b Object ( [bar:protected] => dep Object ( ) [foo:protected] => dep Object ( ) ) PHP Fatal error: Cannot access protected property b::$foo in diTest.php on line 42 ---- Server IP: 212.124.37.9 Probable Submitter: 92.203.39.26 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/reflectionclass.newinstancewithoutconstructor.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/108466 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/108466/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/108466/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/108466/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/108466/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/108466/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/108466/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/108466 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/108466 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php