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odbhut.shei.chhele
odbhut.shei.chhele

Reputation: 6234

Even though I don't have a this variable, when I am accessing it, I am not getting an error

<?php
class Test{
    public $test_1, $test_2;
}


$object = new Test();
$object->test_1 = "THIS IS A TEST";
$object->test_2 = "THIS IS A TEST 2";
$object->test_3 = "THIS IS A TEST 3";

var_dump($object);

As you can see I don't have a variable called test_3. But I am not getting an error. It is working perfectly. Why? This is the output I am getting.

object(Test)#1 (3) {
  ["test_1"]=>
  string(14) "THIS IS A TEST"
  ["test_2"]=>
  string(16) "THIS IS A TEST 2"
  ["test_3"]=>
  string(16) "THIS IS A TEST 3"
}

Upvotes: 1

Views: 33

Answers (1)

John Conde
John Conde

Reputation: 219804

In PHP you can create public member variables on the fly. If you want to prevent this you can overload the __set() magic method and throw an exception if someone tries to do this:

class Test{
    public $test_1, $test_2;

    public function __set($name, $value) {
        throw new \Exception('You cannot do this!');
    }
}

Upvotes: 4

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