What is the best way to auto generate getters and setters for a class in php? [closed]

Answer 1

I think the best way is to use the __set and __get with some string functions, Here let me show you.

class UserProfile
{
    public function __get($key)
    {
        if(isset($this->$key))
        {
            return $this->$key;
        }
    }

    public function __set($key,$val)
    {
        $this->cahnge($key,$val);
    }

    public function __call($key,$params)
    {
        if(substr("set",$key))
        {
            //Update
        }elseif(substr("get",$key))
        {
            //return
        }

        //Else Blah
    }

    private function change($key,$val)
    {
        if(isset($this->$key))
        {
            $this->$key = $val;
        }
    }
}

the __call() method will allow you to set with functions such as

$profile->setUsername('Robert Pitt'); as long as you substr the set/get and check for the rest of the string as a value of the class :)

another example

public function __call($method,$params = array())
{

    if(isset($params[0]) && is_string($params[0]))
    {
        $this->$method = $params[0];
    }
}

//....

$profile->username('Robert Pitt');

Theres more work to be done here