Properties Overload
This package provides means to dynamically deal with inaccessible properties, by implementing some of PHP's magic methods.
The usage of getters- and setters-methods is enforced, ensuring that if a property is indeed available, its corresponding getter or setter method will be invoked.
The term 'overload', in this context, refers to PHP’s own definition hereof.
Example
use Aedart\Properties\Overload;
/**
* @property string|null $name Name of a person
*/
class Person
{
use Overload;
protected ?string $name = null;
public function getName() : string
{
return $this->name;
}
public function setName(string $value)
{
if(empty($value)){
throw new InvalidArgumentException('Provided name is invalid');
}
$this->name = $value;
return $this;
}
}
Elsewhere in your application, you can invoke the following:
$person = new Person();
$person->name = 'Alin'; // Invokes the setName(...)
echo $person->name; // Invokes the getName(), then outputs 'Alin'
echo isset($person->name); // Invokes the __isset(), then outputs true
unset($person->name); // Invokes the __unset() and destroys the name property