Hi,

I've build a registry class to store settings I need to use in several
other classes.

Currently I've set it up with a static array in the registry class and
using two methods to access the settings and values
storeSetting($key,$value) {
$this->_settings[$key] = $value;
}

getSetting($key) {
return $this->_settings[$key];
}

The question is what the pros and cons are compared to setting a new
property with the value, like:

storeSetting($key,$value) {
$this->$key = $value;
}

and then instead of calling getSetting, you just use
$this->Registry->property

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On 26 February 2010 20:17, Peter van der Does <pvanderdoes [at] gmail.com> wrote=
:
> Hi,
>
> I've build a registry class to store settings I need to use in several
> other classes.
>
> Currently I've set it up with a static array in the registry class and
> using two methods to access the settings and values
> storeSetting($key,$value) {
> =C2=A0$this->_settings[$key] =3D $value;
> }
>
> getSetting($key) {
> =C2=A0return $this->_settings[$key];
> }
>
> The question is what the pros and cons are compared to setting a new
> property with the value, like:
>
> storeSetting($key,$value) {
> =C2=A0$this->$key =3D $value;
> }
>
> and then instead of calling getSetting, you just use
> $this->Registry->property
>
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> Peter van der Does
>
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>
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> Twitter: [at] petervanderdoes
>
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>

You can use __get(), __set(), etc. instead.

That way, $this->Registry->property can work as you want.

Something PHP is missing is the ability to have __get()/__set()/etc.
available on a static class, so you have to have an instance of the
class and then all that that entails. Singleton pattern most likely.
__getStatic(), __setStatic() (like we have __callStatic() ) would
certainly help.

Regards,

Richard.

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