Object property and method call overloading

XCVII. Object property and method call overloading

Introducci贸n

The purpose of this extension is to allow overloading of object property access and method calls. Only one function is defined in this extension, overload() which takes the name of the class that should have this functionality enabled. The class named has to define appropriate methods if it wants to have this functionality: __get(), __set() and __call() respectively for getting/setting a property, or calling a method. This way overloading can be selective. Inside these handler functions the overloading is disabled so you can access object properties normally.

Aviso

Esta extensi贸n es EXPERIMENTAL. Esto significa que el comportamiento de esta extensi贸n, los nombre de sus funciones y en definitiva TODO lo documentado sobre esta extensi贸n, puede cambiar en una futura versi贸n de PHP SIN AVISO. La advertencia queda hecha, y utilizar esta extensi贸n queda bajo su propia responsabilidad.

Aviso

This extension is not a part of PHP 5. PHP 5 supports __get(), __set() and __call() natively. See the Overloading in PHP 5 page for more information.

Requisitos

No se necesitan bibliotecas externas para construir esta extensi贸n

Instalaci贸n

In order to use these functions, you must compile PHP with the --enable-overload option. Starting with PHP 4.3.0 this extension is enabled by default. You can disable overload support with --disable--overload.

La versi贸n para Windows de PHP tiene soporte nativo para esta extensi贸n. No se necesita cargar ninguna extensi贸n adicional para usar estas funciones.

Nota: Builtin support for overload is available with PHP 4.3.0.

Configuraci贸n en tiempo de ejecuci贸n

Esta extensi贸n no tiene directivas de configuraci贸n en php.ini.

Tipos de recursos

Esta extensi贸n no tiene ning煤n tipo de recurso definido.

Constantes predefinidas

Esta extensi贸n no tiene ninguna constante definida.

Ejemplos

Some simple examples on using the overload() function:

Ejemplo 1. Overloading a PHP class

<?php

class OO {
    var
$a = 111;
    var
$elem = array('b' => 9, 'c' => 42);

    
// Callback method for getting a property
    
function __get($prop_name, &$prop_value)
    {
        if (isset(
$this->elem[$prop_name])) {
            
$prop_value = $this->elem[$prop_name];
            return
true;
        } else {
            return
false;
        }
    }

    
// Callback method for setting a property
    
function __set($prop_name, $prop_value)
    {
        
$this->elem[$prop_name] = $prop_value;
        return
true;
    }
}

// Here we overload the OO object
overload('OO');

$o = new OO;
echo
"\$o->a: $o->a\n"; // print: $o->a: 111
echo "\$o->b: $o->b\n"; // print: $o->b: 9
echo "\$o->c: $o->c\n"; // print: $o->c: 42
echo "\$o->d: $o->d\n"; // print: $o->d:

// add a new item to the $elem array in OO
$o->x = 56;

// instantiate stdclass (it is built-in in PHP 4)
// $val is not overloaded!
$val = new stdclass;
$val->prop = 555;

// Set "a" to be an array with the $val object in it
// But __set() will put this in the $elem array
$o->a = array($val);
var_dump($o->a[0]->prop);

?>

Tabla de contenidos
overload -- Enable property and method call overloading for a class