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Oct '12
Simple Call Function for Getting and Setting in PHP
Often I have need to get and set object data and rather than writing individual functions for each call, I use PHP’s built-in __call function.
This example assumes that you have an object-scope array called ‘data’, but can be easily adapted to any other data structure.
public function __call($method, $args) {
$opt = substr($method, 0, 3);
$field = strtolower(substr($method, 3));
if($opt == 'get')
return $this->data[$field];
elseif($opt == 'set' && $args)
$this->data[$field] = $args[0];
else {
//any other logic here
}
}