From: robert dot sevcik at gmail dot com Operating system: all PHP version: 5CVS-2005-07-27 (dev) PHP Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description: better "overloading"
Description: ------------ Actual state of "overloading", which in PHP5 means "dynamic way to work with object props and methods" is a bit frustrating. I'd like to express my point of view if there is a chance to change... it is a whole philosophy may be for PHP 5.6 or at least PHP6 1) __get() __set() __call() methods should be called whenever they are present in class, not only if another member of suplied name exists. You can always decide within the method whether to use existing member or not. 2) there should be always a default in every class which can be overriden: providing access to existing members + working with setters and getters (getVar() xor get_var() style), true method overloading could be implemented in default as well (multiple method sign. with parameter type checking must be implemented, type spec for trivial types as well). 3) there should be a way to distinguish between public, protected and private ( func_get_access_type() ) and to chek which type members are ( class_get_member_access_type() ) 4) it should work recursively and set/get together which (not working) i consider as a bug of current implementation 5) protos should be __get($name, & $value) __set($name, $value) __call($name, $args, & $returnValue) ; methods should return "Ok, handled", or "No, not handled" ; engine should try from child to parant classes to find which class accepted the call ; if none, raise an error. 6) there should be a way to document dynamic properties and methods - i know this is a litle OT - so it can be used for phpDoc, autocomplete and so on. (abstract properties syntax?) - yes now I see - that could be accomplished just by 1) 7) some introspection is needed what coheres with 7) for soap and similar specialities and for functions like serialize(), isset(), method_exists() ...... no idea how to... __get() __set() __call() could return list of handled members when called without args, or there could be a new function __tell() for this? 8) everything should work transparently the same way as static members do - this sums up 1-7 :) ... :) excuse my english pls :) happy PHPing -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=33881&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33881&r=trysnapshot4 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33881&r=trysnapshot50 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.1): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33881&r=trysnapshot51 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33881&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33881&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33881&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33881&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33881&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33881&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33881&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33881&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33881&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33881&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33881&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33881&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33881&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33881&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33881&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33881&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33881&r=mysqlcfg
