I have figured out the way to get this to work there is a lot of magic that goes on just to get this to work, but in my case it's worth it.
class Test {
private $props = array();
function __get($name) {
return new Property(get_called_class(), $name, $this->props[$name]);
}
function __set($name, $value) {
$props[$name] = $value;
}
}
class Property {
public $name;
public $class;
public $value;
function __construct($class, $name, $value) {
$this->name = $name;
$this->class = $class;
$this->value = $value;
}
function __toString() {
return $value.'';
}
}
function GetClassByProperty($prop) {
return $prop->class.'->'.$prop->name;
}
$t = new Test();
$t->Name = "Test";
echo GetClassByProperty($t->Name);
this example yes I know it's complex, but it does the job how I'd want it to, will print out "Test->Name" I can also get the value by saying $prop->value. If I want to compare the value to another object I can simply do this:
if($t->Name == "Test") { echo "It worked!!"; }
hope this isn't too confusing but it was a fun exploration into PHP.