note 39288 added to ref.overload

It wasn't quite clear, but I found out that __get() and __set() only overload attributes that _don't_ exist. For example: <? class Foo { var $a = "normal attribute"; function __get($key, &$ret) { $ret = "overloaded return value"; return true; } } overload("Foo"); $foo = new Foo(); print "get a: $foo->a \n"; // prints: get a: normal attribute print "get b: $foo->b \n"; // prints: get b: overloaded return value ?> The important thing to note here is that $foo->a did not pass through __get(), because the attibute has been defined. So it's more like "underloading" than "overloading", as it only virtualises attributes that _do not_ exist. ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.overload.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+39288 Delete -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+39288&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+39288&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php