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Request #45689 Additional magic methods
Submitted: 2008-08-02 14:40 UTC Modified: 2008-08-02 15:09 UTC
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From: joe at calledtoconstruct dot net Assigned:
Status: Wont fix Package: Feature/Change Request
PHP Version: 5.3.0alpha1 OS: n/a
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2008-08-02 14:40 UTC] joe at calledtoconstruct dot net
Description:
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In addition to the existing __call, __set, __get, etc...  it would be Very nice to have:

__add : for code that uses the + and += operators
__subtract : for code that uses the - and -= operators
__multiply : * and *=
__divide : / and /=

and

__concat (or __concatinate) for . and .= operators


Expected result:
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So that we can now write:

$objFoo = new Foo();
$objBar = new Bar();

A)  $objFoo += $objBar;
or
B)  $objFoo += "fooBar";
or
C)  $objFoobar = $objFoo + $objBar;

which would be equivellent to writing:

A:  $objFoo = $objFoo->__add($objBar);
B:  $objFoo = $objFoo->__add("fooBar");
C:  $objFoobar = $objFoo->__add($objBar);

In my specific case (the task I'm trying to accomplish, which brought about this idea), I'm doing:

$objFoo->value .= "something";

which, I imagine, would perform:

$tempOne = $objFoo->__get("value");
$tempTwo = $tempOne->__concat("something");
$objFoo->__set("value", $tempTwo);

because $tempOne might be an object.

Actual result:
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 [2008-08-02 15:09 UTC] derick@php.net
We will not implement operator overloading in PHP.
 
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