mikeschinkel

Examples for how a __toArray() magic method could be useful in PHP.

In a nutshell, __toArray() would not be as useful when you have full control over the entire codebase.

But where __toArray() would be extremely useful is in interfacing with existing code that expects arrays and wants those arrays to be a specific format. Using classes and type-hinted methods allow to encapsulate the intelligence into the class, and using __toArray() makes for a nature use-case.

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Proposal for Union Class Types in PHP

• Name union_class_types
• Date Revised: 2019-08-05
• First Published: 2019-08-04
• Proposed Version: PHP 8.0
• Author: Mike Schinkel mike@newclarity.net
• Mailing List Thread: https://news-web.php.net/php.internals/106866

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This is in reference to: https://twitter.com/ramsey/status/1167954877814730755

The following header.php file comes directly from a client site, developed by someone else, with all identifying and account information replaced.

Any of the <?php tags could hypothetically be replaced by a tag that would indicate a different set of rules for only that segment of code, e.g. <?p8 could be introduced to support all the strictness that the advocates of strictness desire. This would give them the strictness where they want it and let everyone else continue to stick with <?php for use in PHP 8.

mikeschinkel

# This is how I created funcs.txt
# I also manually edited out anything that was not a func declaration
find /usr/local/opt/go/libexec/src/. | grep "\.go" | grep -v syscall | xargs awk '{print length, $0}' |grep func |grep -v "="|grep -v "//" |sort -nr | head -1000 > funcs.txt

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<?php
$version = require(__DIR__.'/version.php');
echo "The current version is {$version}";

mikeschinkel

Here is an example of using what I am currently calling the Break/Continue Guard Clause pattern.

See:

1. https://mikeschinkel.me/2019/better-alternative-to-return-early-php-wordpress/
2. https://thatthinginswift.com/guard-statement-swift/

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add-to-menus-lite/index.php:		add_filter( 'wp_edit_nav_menu_walker', array( $this, 'edit_nav_menu_walker' ) );
advanced-custom-fields/includes/forms/form-nav-menu.php:		add_filter('wp_edit_nav_menu_walker',	array($this, 'wp_edit_nav_menu_walker'), 10, 2);
advanced-custom-fields/includes/forms/form-nav-menu.php:	*  wp_edit_nav_menu_walker
advanced-custom-fields/includes/forms/form-nav-menu.php:	function wp_edit_nav_menu_walker( $class, $menu_id = 0 ) {
affilicious/vendor/htmlburger/carbon-fields/core/Container/Nav_Menu_Container.php:		add_filter( 'wp_edit_nav_menu_walker', array( $self, 'edit_walker' ), 10, 2 );
agp-font-awesome-collection/classes/MenuIcons.php:        add_filter( 'wp_edit_nav_menu_walker', array( $this, 'editWalker'), 10, 2 );  
amnav-menu-control/inc/class.aMNav_Menu_Control.php:			add_filter( 'wp_edit_nav_menu_walker', array( $this, 'edit_nav_menu_walker' ) );
apollo13-framework-extensions/features/mega-menu.php:add_filter( 'wp_edit_nav_menu_walker', 'a13fe_admin_change_walker_class', 10, 2

mikeschinkel

advanced-custom-fields/includes/walkers/class-acf-walker-nav-menu-edit.php:class ACF_Walker_Nav_Menu_Edit extends Walker_Nav_Menu_Edit {
apparelcuts-spreadshirt/resources/advanced-custom-fields/includes/walkers/class-acf-walker-nav-menu-edit.php:class ACF_Walker_Nav_Menu_Edit extends Walker_Nav_Menu_Edit {
arrivala-online-business-reviews/vendor/advanced-custom-fields/includes/walkers/class-acf-walker-nav-menu-edit.php:class ACF_Walker_Nav_Menu_Edit extends Walker_Nav_Menu_Edit {
asciinema-player/includes/acf/includes/walkers/class-acf-walker-nav-menu-edit.php:class ACF_Walker_Nav_Menu_Edit extends Walker_Nav_Menu_Edit {
auto-generate-submenus/auto-generate-submenus.php:	class Willy_Walker_Nav_Menu_Edit extends Walker_Nav_Menu_Edit {
automatic-submenu/automatic-submenu.php:class AutomaticSubmenu_Walker_Nav_Menu_Edit extends Walker_Nav_Menu_Edit
beagency-lite/inc/custom-menu/walker-nav-menu-edit.php:class beagency_Menu_Item_Custom_Fields_Walker extends Walker_Nav_Menu_Edit {
beonepage-lite/inc/custom-menu/walk

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add-to-menus-lite/class.Walker_Nav_Menu_Edit.php:                do_action( 'wp_nav_menu_item_custom_fields', $item_id, $item, $depth, $args );
advanced-custom-fields/includes/walkers/class-acf-walker-nav-menu-edit.php:		do_action( 'wp_nav_menu_item_custom_fields', $item->ID, $item, $depth, $args, $id );
amnav-menu-control/inc/class.Walker_Nav_Menu_Edit_Roles.php:                do_action( 'wp_nav_menu_item_custom_fields', $item_id, $item, $depth, $args );
apparelcuts-spreadshirt/resources/advanced-custom-fields/includes/walkers/class-acf-walker-nav-menu-edit.php:		do_action( 'wp_nav_menu_item_custom_fields', $item->ID, $item, $depth, $args, $id );
arrivala-online-business-reviews/vendor/advanced-custom-fields/includes/walkers/class-acf-walker-nav-menu-edit.php:		do_action( 'wp_nav_menu_item_custom_fields', $item->ID, $item, $depth, $args, $id );
asciinema-player/includes/acf/includes/walkers/class-acf-walker-nav-menu-edit.php:		do_action( 'wp_nav_menu_item_custom_fields', $item->ID, $item, $depth, $args, $id

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function some_function($value) {
    do {
        if ( some_condition ) {
           break;
        }
        if ( some_other_condition ) {
           break;
        }
        if ( some_further_condition ) {
           break;