How to add a new method to a php object on the fly?

Question

How do I add a new method to an object \"on the fly\"?

$me= new stdClass;
$me->doSomething=function ()
 {
    echo \'I\\\'ve done something\';
 };
$me->         


        

Answer 1

Without the __call solution, you can use bindTo (PHP >= 5.4), to call the method with $this bound to $me like this:

call_user_func($me->doSomething->bindTo($me, null)); 

The complete script could look like this:

$me = new stdClass;
// Property for proving that the method has access to the above object:
$me->message = "I\'ve done something"; 
$me->doSomething = function () {
    echo $this->message;
};
call_user_func($me->doSomething->bindTo($me)); // "I've done something"

Alternatively, you could assign the bound function to a variable, and then call it without call_user_func:

$f = $me->doSomething->bindTo($me);
$f();