In PHP using method chaining how would one go about supplying a functional call after the last method being called in the chain?
Also while using the same instance (see below). This would kill the idea of implementing a destructor.
The end result is a return value and functional call of private "insert()" from the defined chain properties (of course) without having to call it publicly, no matter of the order.
Note, if I echo (__toString) the methods together it would retrieve the final generated unique code which is normal behavior of casting a string.
Example below:
class object
{
private $data;
function __construct($name) {
// ... some other code stuff
}
private function fc($num) {
// some wicked code here
}
public function green($num) {
$this->data .= fc($num*10);
return $this;
}
public function red($num) {
$this->data .= fc($num*25);
return $this;
}
public function blue($num) {
$this->data .= fc($num*1);
return $this;
}
// how to get this baby to fire ?
private function insert() {
// inserting
file_put_content('test_code.txt', $this->data);
}
}
$tss = new object('index_elements');
$tss->blue(100)->green(200)->red(100); // chain 1
$tss->green(0)->red(100)->blue(0); // chain 2
$tss->blue(10)->red(80)->blue(10)->green(0); // chain 3
Chain 1, 2, and 3 would generated an unique code given all the values from the methods and supply an action, e.g. automatically inserting in DB or creating a file (used in this example).
As you can see no string setting or casting or echoing is taking place.