note 116236 added to language.oop5.overloading

Note that you can enable "overloading" on a class instance at runtime for an existing property by unset()ing that property. eg: <?php class Test { public $property1; public function __get($name) { return "Get called for " . get_class($this) . "->\$$name \n"; } } ?> The public property $property1 can be unset() so that it can be dynamically handled via __get(). <?php $Test = new Test(); unset($Test->property1); // enable overloading echo $Test->property1; // Get called for Test->$property1 ?> Useful if you want to proxy or lazy load properties yet want to have documentation and visibility in the code and debugging compared to __get(), __isset(), __set() on non-existent inaccessible properties. ---- Server IP: 72.52.91.14 Probable Submitter: 86.96.96.32 ---- Manual Page -- http://php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.overloading.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/116236 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/116236/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/116236/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/116236/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/116236/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/116236/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/116236/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/116236 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/116236 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php