On 2 August 2011 06:28, Ren <lobbyjo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> For a long time I wanted keyword parameters in PHP. But thanks to
> newer features like traits and reflection classes I have come up with
> something that looks pretty close.
>
> trait KeywordConstructor {
> public function __construct($members) {
> $class = new ReflectionClass($this);
> $properties = $class->getProperties();
>
> foreach ($properties as $p) {
> $name = $p->getName();
>
> if (isset($members[$name])) {
> $this->$name = $members[$name];
> }
> }
> }
> }
>
> class User {
> use KeywordConstructor;
> private $name;
> private $age;
> }
>
> $lobby = new User(['name' => 'Lobby', 'age' => 36]);
>
> Right now this requires the trunk version of PHP to work. I just
> wanted to share this in case anyone finds it interesting and/or
> useful.
I use a similar technique when I need to populate a SOAP class on the
server to coerce data from the DB into the appropriate type as defined
in the docblock of the class.
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