Hello, On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 3:40 PM, mathieu.suen <mathieu.s...@easyflirt.com> wrote: > Ionut G. Stan wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> This is interesting and it appears the following change makes the snippet >> work as expected: >> >> public function &__get($name); > > > I think is that the $this->anArray['bar'] = 4; > > Generate the following bytcode: > > 0 FETCH_OBJ_W $0 'anArray' > 1 ZEND_ASSIGN_DIM $0, 'bar' > > Will the folloing : > > echo $this->anArray; > $this->anArray['bar']; > > 0 FETCH_OBJ_R $0 'anArray' > 1 ECHO > ... > > > > IMHO I think that the complexity of the VM is way to hight. > That is something I am strongly agree with Gilad Bracha on adding new > feature into a language:
What exactly would you like it do? You've two options: 1) __get, define the property, and then __set? 2) __get returns a ref that is modified The second option is taken by PHP. In your case you return a value, not a reference. > > Look at the last paragraph: > http://gbracha.blogspot.com/2009/09/systemic-overload.html > >> >> >> On 3/17/10 3:55 PM, mathieu.suen wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> >>> I came across a strange behavior when using the magic method __get and >>> some instance variable that should be an array. >>> Consider the following example: >>> >>> >>> class A >>> { >>> >>> public function __get($name) >>> { >>> $this->$name = array(); >>> return $this->$name; >>> } >>> >>> public function test() >>> { >>> $this->_zork['bar'] = 67; >>> } >>> } >>> >>> $a = new A; >>> $a->test(); >>> >>> var_dump($a); >>> >>> >>> So could someone explain me what is the semantic of the above statements? >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> >>> -- Mathieu Suen >>> >>> >>> >> > --Mathieu Suen > > > > > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- Etienne Kneuss http://www.colder.ch -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
