this is my class:
class toyota extends car {
function drive() {
}
function break() {
}
}
class car {
function pre() {
}
}
Is there any way I can do so that when I run $car->drive(), $car->break() (or any other function in toyota), it would call $car->pre() first before calling the functions in toyota?
Yep. You could use protected and some __call magic:
class toyota extends car {
protected function drive() {
echo "drive\n";
}
protected function dobreak() {
echo "break\n";
}
}
class car {
public function __call($name, $args)
{
if (method_exists($this, $name)) {
$this->pre();
return call_user_func_array(array($this, $name), $args);
}
}
function pre() {
echo "pre\n";
}
}
$car = new toyota();
$car->drive();
$car->dobreak();
private won't work, because parent class doesn't have an access to the ancestor's private methodsYou could do the following, but I don't think that is what you want.
class toyota extends car {
function drive() {
$this->pre();
}
function break() {
$this->pre();
}
}
class car {
function pre() {
}
}
You may want to look into PHP specific magic methods. http://php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.magic.php
This will better done with the magic methods called __call()
public function __call($name, $arguments)
{
$this -> pre();
return $this -> $name($arguments);
}
What is this method? It overrides the default method call, so that preCall State can be invoked.
Your toyota class
class toyota extends car {
public function __call($name, $arguments)
{
$this -> pre();
return call_user_func_array(array($this, $name), $arguments);
}
function drive() {
}
function break() {
}
}
$this -> $name($arguments) --- will call the requested method with all the parameters passed as an array. So $car->drive(1, 2) will be re-called with $car->drive(array(1, 2)) which is just incorrectIf you are using PHP5 (>=5.3.2), there is a solution that works with declaring all methods as private. This will enforce method call from single function call:
exec_method()
To run at: http://ideone.com/cvfCXm
The code snippet is here:
<?php
class car {
//method to get class method
public function get_method($method_name) {
$class = new ReflectionClass(get_class($this));
$method = $class->getMethod($method_name);
$method->setAccessible(true);
return $method;
}
public function exec_method($method_name, $arg_args=array()) {
//execute the pre() function before the specified method
$this->pre();
//execute the specified method
$this->get_method($method_name)->invokeArgs($this, $arg_args);
}
public function pre() {
echo 'pre';
echo '<br />';
}
}
class toyota extends car {
private function drive() {
echo 'drive';
echo '<br />';
}
private function brake() {
echo 'brake';
echo '<br />';
}
}
$toyota = new toyota();
$toyota->exec_method('drive');
$toyota->exec_method('brake');
?>
Reference:
Answer to Best practices to test protected methods with PHPUnit [closed]
Just add a constructor, like this...
class toyota extends car {
function __construct() {
$this->pre();
}
function drive() {
echo "drive!";
}
function dobreak() {
echo "break!";
}
}
class car {
function pre() {
echo "Hello!";
}
}
$car = new toyota();
$car->drive();
$car->dobreak();
Classes which have a constructor method call this method on each newly-created object, so it is suitable for any initialization that the object may need before it is used.
break is reserved, so you shouldn't use this as a function name.
