Skip to content

Instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

@chriskoch
Created February 13, 2013 10:47
Show Gist options
  • Save chriskoch/4943794 to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.
Save chriskoch/4943794 to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.
Using PHP 5.4 traits as getter and setter helper
<?php
trait Getters
{
/**
* calls Class::$name()
*
* @param string $name the name of a requested property
* @return mixed the result
*/
public function __get($name)
{
return $this->__call($name);
}
/**
* checks wether a get method get<$Name>() exists and calls it
*
* @param string $name
* @param array $args optional
* @return mixed
*/
public function __call($name, $args = [])
{
if (method_exists($this, $method = 'get' . ucfirst($name))) {
return $this->{$method}($args);
} else {
throw new \Exception('Method or property does not exists');
}
}
}
trait Setters
{
/**
* @param string $name property name
* @param mixed $value the value
*/
public function __set($name, $value)
{
if (method_exists($this, $method = 'set' . ucfirst($name))) {
$this->{$method}($value);
} else {
throw new \Exception('Private or protected properties are not accessible');
}
}
}
class MyTest
{
use Getters;
use Setters;
/**
* @var \DateTime
*/
private $date;
/**
* @return \DateTime
*/
public function getDate()
{
return $this->date;
}
/**
* @param mixed $value
*/
public function setDate($value)
{
if ($value instanceof \DateTime) {
$this->date = $value;
} elseif (is_string($value)) {
$this->date = new \DateTime($value);
} elseif (is_int($value)) {
$this->date = new \DateTime(date(DATE_ATOM, $value));
}
}
}
// Test it
$test = new MyTest();
$test->date = strtotime('2012-12-31');
var_dump($test);
$test->date = '2013-01-31';
var_dump($test);
$test->date = new DateTime();
var_dump($test->date);
var_dump($test->date());
var_dump($test->getDate());
@chriskoch
Copy link
Author

Sign up for free to join this conversation on GitHub. Already have an account? Sign in to comment