PHP Magic methods - Getters and Setters

gistfile1.txt

<?php
class MyClass {
  private $firstField;
  private $secondField;

  public function __get($property) {
    if (property_exists($this, $property)) {
      return $this->$property;
    }
  }

  public function __set($property, $value) {
    if (property_exists($this, $property)) {
      $this->$property = $value;
    }

    return $this;
  }
}
?>

Syntax for extending classes in namespaces is still the same.

Lets call this Object.php:

And now lets create a class called String that extends object in String.php: