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Subject: Chaining __set and __get in an expression
From: curt@php.net (Curt Zirzow)

Given the class definition:

<?php
class Caller {
  private $x = array('a' => false);

  function __set($name, $value) {
    echo "setting\n";
    $this->x[$name] = 'foo'; // intentially ignore value
  }

  function __get($name) {
    echo "getting\n";
    return $this->x[$name];
  }

}

$foo = new Caller();

$b = $foo->a = 'bar';
echo "b is " . $b . "\n";

/* output:
  setting
  b is bar
*/ 
?> 

I sort of expected both __set and __get to be called. Is it
concievable to have them both called?

The other alternative If possible, is allowing a return value
from __set() and using that value for the rest of the expression.


Curt
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