I am trying to generate class methods on the fly.

I created a string which was php code for a function. I wished this funciton to be a class method. I call eval on the string, and it produces no errors. When I wish to call that method of the object, the script fails indicating a call to an undefined funciton. However, I can call that function in the page space, rather than as a class method. But, the function is useless unless it is a method.

The following is part of the code that is executed in the constructor:

$str = "";
foreach($this->getMappedAttributes() as $attribute)
{
  $str .= "$"."this->_".$attribute['attribute']." = \"\";";
  $str .= "function get".$attribute['attribute']."() {";
  $str .= "return $"."this->_".$attribute['attribute'].";}";
}
eval($str);