!method_exist

[spackt]

So i have a magic method getSetting() 

which may not be neccessary available

i tried the following and it doesnt seem to work 

if (!method_exists($settings, 'getSetting')) {
// throw error
}

 

[gw1500se]

What does "doesn't seem to work" mean?

[maxxd]

11 hours ago, spackt said:

which may not be neccessary available

Not to hop on gw1500se's bandwagon, but explain this as well, please...

[kicken]

I am guessing by magic method you mean you are using __call to respond to calls for getSettings().  If that's the case, then you cannot use method_exists to check if that "method" is defined because PHP has no way of actually checking what __call handles and what it doesn't.  You'd have to provide your own means of determining if that "method" is defined.  One option is to just call it and have __call throw an exception if it's not handled.  You can then catch that exception and handle it however you want.

I think a better solution would be to abandon __call entirely and design your code in a way that getSettings is a real method.  Perhaps you could define it as part of an interface then check whether or not your object implements that interface.