Re: PHP5 Static functions called through __call() that don't exist... yet

Thank everyone for their suggestion. I would like to see a __static() version of __call(), but this is the wrong place to bring that feature request up. To answer Greg Beaver's observations, I would prefer to use static instances in this case, to save myself the trouble (and overhead) of instantiating a new object while developing classes. The utility is meant to provide unit testing for individual classes or libraries, that can then be extended to a specific class or library, and abstract the actually is_type() testing to another class. It's a somewhat specific implementation meant more for unit testing. Below is the code I decided to implement (with a test below it to demonstrate): <code> <?php if (!class_exists('TypeAssert')) { class TypeAssert {

       public static $a;
       public static $assert;
       private static $types = array(
           'array','bool','float','integer','null','numeric',
           'object','resource','scalar','string'
       );
       function __construct() {
           self::$assert =& self::$a;
       }
       public static function __call($method,$arguments) {
           $obj = self::assertStandardTypes($arguments[0]);
           return $obj->$method;
       }
       public static function assertStandardTypes($para) {
           $r = TypeAssert::getTypesObject();
           foreach ($r as $type=>$v) {
               $func = "is_".strtolower($type);
               if (function_exists($func) === true) {
                   if ($func($para) === true) {
                       $r->$type = true;
                   } else {
                       $r->$type = false;
                   }
               }
           }
           return $r;
       }
       public static function getTypesObject() {
           $obj = (object) '';
           for ($i = 0; $i < count(self::$types); $i++) {
               $obj->{self::$types[$i]} = (bool) false;
           }
           return $obj;
       }

} } TypeAssert::$a = new TypeAssert(); echo("<pre>\n"); switch($_GET['type']) { case 'int':

       $test = 100;
       $_test = 100;

break; case 'float':

       $test = 100.001;
       $_test = 100.001;

break; case 'null':

       $test = null;
       $_test = 'null';

break; case 'object':

       $test = TypeAssert::$a;
       $_test = '[object]';

break; default:

       $test = 'string';
       $_test = 'string';

break; } foreach (TypeAssert::getTypesObject() as $type => $v) { echo("<div>is_<b style=\"color: #00a;\">$type</b>(<b>$_test</b>) === ".

             (TypeAssert::$assert->$type($test)?
                  '<b style="color: #0a0;">true</b>':
                      '<b style="color: #a00;">false</b>').
                          "</div>\n"

); } echo("</pre>\n"); ?> </code> Thanks! -- Jared Farrish Intermediate Web Developer Denton, Tx Abraham Maslow: "If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail." $$