__call for properties

[The Little Guy]

__call is used when a method has been called, is there anything similar to __call but for properties?

 

I wanted to use __get, but that is only for private properties...

[AbraCadaver]

__call() is not for methods, only for inaccessible methods just like __get() is for inaccessible properties, so no.

[The Little Guy]

Doing this to get a method works, I would like to do something like this to get a property as well.

class A{
private $b;
public function __construct(){
	$this->b = new B();
}
public function __call($m, $a){
	if(method_exists($this->b, $m)){
		$this->b->$method();
	}
}
}

class B{
public $property = 'Class B Property<br>';
public function methodB(){
	return "Method B<br>";
}
}

$a = new A();
// Works:
echo $a->methodB();
// Doesn't work:
echo $a->property;

 

What can I do?

[tibberous]

Use functions.

[The Little Guy]

Use functions.

 

How would that work?

[trq]

I wanted to use __get, but that is only for private properties...

 

If the properties are public they are already available.

[The Little Guy]

That I know, but in my example you can see my property is in class b, but I would like to call it from class A. How can I access it from class A? like this:

 

echo $a->property_from_class_b;

[The Little Guy]

	public function __get($name) {
	if(property_exists($this->magic, $name)){
		$refl = new ReflectionObject($this->magic);
		$prop = $refl->getProperty($name);
		if($prop->isPublic()){
			return $this->magic->$name;
		}
	}
}
public function __set($name, $value){
	if(property_exists($this->magic, $name)){
		$refl = new ReflectionObject($this->magic);
		$prop = $refl->getProperty($name);
		if($prop->isPublic()){
			$this->magic->$name = $value;
		}
	}
}