aggregate_methods

(PHP 4 >= 4.2.0)

aggregate_methods --  Dynamic class and object aggregation of methods

Description

void aggregate_methods ( object object, string class_name )

Aggregates all methods defined in a class to an existing object, except for the class constructor, or methods whose names start with an underscore character (_) which are considered private to the aggregated class.

See also aggregate(), aggregate_info(), aggregate_methods_by_list(), aggregate_methods_by_regexp(), aggregate_properties(), aggregate_properties_by_list(), aggregate_properties_by_regexp(), deaggregate()


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Rodolfo
12-Sep-2005 06:27
Just a note: aggregate_methods doesn't aggregate those methods already defined in the class, including those methods inherited from a parent class.

Here's an example:

- If class B inherits from class A and aggregates methods from class C:

<?php

class A {
         function
foo() {
               echo
'from class A';
         }
}

class
B extends A {
   function
B() {
        
aggregate_methods($this,'C');
   }
}

class
C {
         function
foo() {
               echo
'from class C';
         }
}

$myclass = new B();
$myclass->foo();
// This will print 'from class A'

?>
a at antialize dot dk
21-Mar-2005 07:12
You can use this to dynamicily add methods to a class

class foo {
  function addMethod(  $code ) {
   $cname = uniqid("class");
   eval( "class ${cname} { ${code} }" );       
   aggregate_methods( $this , $cname );
  }

  function bar() {
   $this->addMethod( "function baz() { echo 'sha'; }" );
  }
}

$bang = new foo();
$bang->bar();
$bang->baz();