CODEWITHSUNDEEP
php
Guerrilla
Guerrilla

Reputation: 14866

Can you chain properties with __set in PHP?

Is it possible to chain properties together in PHP?

I tried to get it working like with method calls, similar to this:

class DefClass
{
    private $_definitions = array();

    public function __set($name, $value)
    {
        $this->_definitions[$name] = $value;
        return $this;
    }
}

$test = new DefClass();

$test
    ->foo = 'bar'
    ->here = 'there'
    ->goodbye = 'hello';

But it didn't work. Is it only possible to return the object and access it again with a method call?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 54

Answers (1)

Machavity
Machavity

Reputation: 31614

That's not even proper syntax. Remember, overloading is not a normal function call (hence why it's refered to as magic). If you really want to do this, make it a true function and forgo the overloading

public function setVal($name, $value)
{
    $this->_definitions[$name] = $value;
    return $this;
}

And then you can do

$class->setVal('foo', 'bar')->setVal('bob', 'baz');

Upvotes: 2

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