I'm trying to convert our existing codebase to a more correct approach. Our existing codebase is written in HTML with PHP and Javascript code inserted all over the place (not in an un-ordered fashion, but not like it should be).
So I'm converting our current codebase to make use of classes, so properties and methods are the way to proceed. But I have a problem. I (ideally) want to reference one of my class members by their names instead of by index. Let me put this in a code sample.
This is the form class:
class form {
public $name;
public $fields;
{constructor goes here...}
public function addField($type, $name, $hint = null, $info = null) {
$this->fields[] = new field($type, $name, $hint, $info);
}
}
And this is the field class (which the form class calls when creating a new form field):
class field {
public $name;
public $type;
public $values;
public function __construct($name) {
$this->name = $name;
$this->fields = null;
}
public function addValue($value, $minimum = null, $maximum = null, $step = 1) {
$this->values[] = new value($value, $minimum, $maximum, $step);
}
}
So my code would look like this:
$form = new form("form1");
$form->addField(NUMBER, "number1");
$form->fields[0]->addValue(25, 1, 250, 1);
It actually works, but it's not what I want in the end. I would like to call each field by its designated name so I could write this instead:
$form = new form("form1");
$form->addField(NUMBER, "number1");
$form->fields['number1']->addValue(25, 1, 250, 1);
Or even:
$form->addField(NUMBER, "number1")->addValue(25, 1, 250, 1);
Is it possible?