Hi !
I have been impressed by
this topic where Wildhoney gives a fantastic use of the __call magic method and it gave me the idea to propose mine. Don't hesitate to criticize :)
If someone here knows the C development, you have certainly heard about va_list. it's this kind of functions which can take as many parameters as you want.
For instance, in C, the first function you learn (printf) is a va_list. Indeed, you can give to it a string and after, as many parameters you have defined in the first string.
The prototype of a such function is : "int printf (const char *format, ...);"
The goal is to do the same in PHP with __call
For instance, an easy example, you want to do this kind of operation :
PHP Code:
$op->add(1,2,3);
// but too :
$op->add(1,2,3,4,5,6);
To do that, you have to declare two differents method or to give an array of values in parameter and it's not very easy to read.
I propose this (in a class "Operation")
PHP Code:
public function __call($method, $args = null)
{
if($args)
{
// Initiation of the allowed methods
$possibleOps = Array(
"add" =>
Array("method" => "addition", "init" => 0),
"sub" =>
Array("method" => "substract", "init" => $args[0]*2),
"mul" =>
Array("method" => "multiplicate", "init" => 1),
"div" =>
Array("method" => "divide", "init" => pow($args[0],2))
);
// If the called method is allowed...
if(in_array($method,$possibleOps) && sizeof($args) >= 2)
{
// Selection of the method
$tools = $possibleOps($method);
// Initiation of the temporary value
$tmp = $tools["init"];
// Operations
foreach($args as $val)
$tmp = $this->$tools["method"]($tmp,$val);
unset($tools);
unset($possibleOps);
return($tmp);
}
else
return "Method not allowed";
}
}
// Tests
$op = new Operation();
echo $op->add(1,2,3,4,5)."<br />";
echo $op->sub(5,4)."<br />";
echo $op->mul(2,5,3)."<br />";
echo $op->div(40,4,5);
Perhaps a little too heavy.
I confess I haven't tested it yet. Like we say in french, "à vue de nez, c'est bon" :D
What do you think of the concept ? I ask myself if the regulars accesses to the private methods don't burden the code in ram.
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