To avoid getting the error message as in this previous question, I decided to change the class with __get() like this below,
class property
{
public function __get($name)
{
return isset($this->$name) ? $this->$name : new property;
}
}
class objectify
{
public function array_to_object($array = array(), $property_overloading = false)
{
# if $array is not an array, let's make it array with one value of former $array.
if (!is_array($array)) $array = array($array);
# Use property overloading to handle inaccessible properties, if overloading is set to be true.
# Else use std object.
if($property_overloading === true) $object = new property();
else $object = new stdClass();
foreach($array as $key => $value)
{
$key = (string) $key ;
$object->$key = is_array($value) ? self::array_to_object($value, $property_overloading) : $value;
}
return $object;
}
}
$object = new objectify();
$type = null;
$type = $object->array_to_object($type,true);
var_dump($type->a->b->c);
so I get this result in the end,
object(property)#3 (0) { }
but it is still not perfect. as my understanding, the above solution processes the object in a chain like this,
$type = object{}->object{}->object{}
so I wonder if I can find whether it is the last chain and it is empty then just output a null?
$type = object{}->object{}->NULL
is it possible with PHP?
EDIT:
I have thought of an idea which is to count how many times the property class has been instantiated,
class property
{
public static $counter = 0;
function __construct() {
self::$counter++;
}
public function __get($name)
{
if(isset($this->$name))
{
return $this->$name;
}
elseif(property::$counter < 3)
{
return new property;
}
else
{
return null;
}
}
}
but my only problem is how to make the number 3 dynamic. Any ideas?
