A simple class to initialize objects to use with Mustache.php

mustache-object-php.php

<?php

class Core_Base
{
    /**
	 * the constructor will assign 
	 *  - the values specified in the constructor's arguments, in that specific order as the object's properties
	 *  - if an array is passed as argument, the values from that array will be passed as the object's properties
	 *  - the object's properties which have no value assigned will be set to false to prevent name collisions in the mustache templates
	 */
	public function __construct(){
		$properties = get_object_vars($this);
		$arguments = func_get_args();
		if (is_array($arguments[0])){
			$obj = $arguments[0];
			foreach ($properties as $key => $value) {
				if (isset($obj[$key])){
					$this->{$key} = $obj[$key];
				} else {
					$this->{$key} = false;
				}
			}
		} else {
			$i = 0;
			foreach ($properties as $key => $value) {
				if (isset($arguments[$i])){
					$this->{$key} = $arguments[$i];
				} else {
					$this->{$key} = false;
				}
				$i++;
			}
		}
	}
}

/*** use ***/

class Core_Page extends Core_Base 
{
	public $title;
	public $content;
}

/*** init ***/

$page = new Core_Page('Fun Fact', 'Polar bears are left handed.');
//or
$page = new Core_Page(array(
		'title' => 'Fun Fact',
		'content' => 'Many hamsters only blink one eye at a time.'
	));