Properties Overload

Deprecated

This package has been deprecated, since version 10.x. Please use the Dto package instead.

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