php: getters and setters alternative

gistfile1.txt

function __set($property, $value)
{
	switch ($property) {
		case 'host':
			if (!preg_match("{^https?://}", $value)) {
				$value = "http://$value";
			}

			// use internal php facilities to get pure host
			if ($url_parts = parse_url($value)) {
				$value = $url_parts['scheme'] . '://' . $url_parts['host'];
			}

			$this->_host = $value;
			break;

		case 'options':
			$this->_options = array_merge(array(
				'buffer' => false,
				'cb_url' => array($this, '_cb_url'),
				'items_per_cb' => 1,
				'cb_sitemap' => array($this, '_cb_sitemap')
			), $value);
			break;
	}
}


function __get($property)
{
	if (in_array($property, array('host', 'options'))) {
		return $this->{"_$property"};
	}
}