Hi, I also think this a good proposal, but you might consider writing to the internals group, as this group is only for discussions and most of the people that read it are PHP users and have no idea how the language is made (including me).
Regards, Emil Ivanov ""Jared Farrish"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Hi all, > > Here is more code, with a test case included. What I would prefer to do is > call TypeAssist::$string(), instead of TypeAssist::$a->string(). Or at > least > __construct() the $a object. > > <code> > <?php > if (!class_exists('TypeAssert')) { > class TypeAssert { > public static $a; > public static $assert; > private static $types = array( > 'array','bool','float','integer','null','numeric', > 'object','resource','scalar','string' > ); > function __construct() { > self::$assert =& self::$a; > } > public static function __call($method,$arguments) { > $obj = self::assertStandardTypes($arguments[0]); > return $obj->$method; > } > public static function assertStandardTypes($para) { > $r = TypeAssert::getTypesObject(); > foreach ($r as $type=>$v) { > $func = "is_".strtolower($type); > if (function_exists($func) === true) { > if ($func($para) === true) { > $r->$type = true; > } else { > $r->$type = false; > } > } > } > return $r; > } > public static function getTypesObject() { > $obj = (object) ''; > for ($i = 0; $i < count(self::$types); $i++) { > $obj->{self::$types[$i]} = (bool) false; > } > return $obj; > } > } > } > TypeAssert::$a = new TypeAssert(); > echo("<pre>\n"); > switch($_GET['type']) { > case 'int': > $test = 100; > $_test = 100; > break; > case 'float': > $test = 100.001; > $_test = 100.001; > break; > case 'null': > $test = null; > $_test = 'null'; > break; > case 'object': > $test = TypeAssert::$a; > $_test = '[object]'; > break; > default: > $test = 'string'; > $_test = 'string'; > break; > } > foreach (TypeAssert::getTypesObject() as $type => $v) { > echo("<div>is_<b style=\"color: #00a;\">$type</b>(<b>$_test</b>) === ". > (TypeAssert::$assert->$type($test)? > '<b style="color: #0a0;">true</b>': > '<b style="color: #a00;">false</b>'). > "</div>\n" > ); > } > echo("</pre>\n"); > ?> > </code> > > Original Message Text > >> Hi all, >> >> I am building an assertType object using static functions. What I want to >> keep away from is the following: >> >> <code> >> public static function assertString($para){ >> return $answer; >> }; >> public static function assertBool($para){ >> return $answer; >> }; >> ... >> public static function assertArray($para){ >> return $answer; >> }; >> </code> >> >> What I would like to do is replace this with the following: >> >> <code> >> if (!class_exists('TypeAssert')) { >> class TypeAssert { >> private static $types = array( >> 'array','bool','float','integer','null','numeric', >> 'object','resource','scalar','string' >> ); >> public static function __call($method,$arguments) { >> $obj = self::assertStandardTypes($arguments[0]); >> return $obj->$method; >> } >> public static function assertStandardTypes($para) { >> $r = TypeAssert::getTypesObject(); >> if (is_array($para)) $r->array = true; >> if (is_bool($para)) $r->bool = true; >> if (is_float($para)) $r->float = true; >> if (is_integer($para)) $r->integer = true; >> if (is_null($para)) $r->null = true; >> if (is_numeric($para)) $r->numeric = true; >> if (is_object($para)) $r->object = true; >> if (is_resource($para)) $r->resource = true; >> if (is_scalar($para)) $r->scalar = true; >> if (is_string($para)) $r->string = true; >> return $r; >> } >> public static function getTypesObject() { >> $obj = (object) ''; >> for ($i = 0; $i < count(self::$types); $i++) { >> $obj->{self::$types[$i]} = (bool) false; >> } >> return $obj; >> } >> } >> } >> echo('<pre>'); >> echo(TypeAssert::string('test')); >> echo('</pre>'); >> </code> >> >> I don't think this is possible (see >> http://marc.info/?l=php-general&m=114558851102060&w=2 >> ). But I would LIKE for it to work (currently, the above code doesn't). >> >> Anybody have any insight on how I might get this to work? >> >> Thanks! >> >> -- >> Jared Farrish >> Intermediate Web Developer >> Denton, Tx >> >> Abraham Maslow: "If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see >> every problem as a nail." $$ >> > > > > -- > Jared Farrish > Intermediate Web Developer > Denton, Tx > > Abraham Maslow: "If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see > every problem as a nail." $$ > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
