PHP Readonly Properties?

Question

In using PHP\'s DOM classes (DOMNode, DOMEElement, etc) I have noticed that they possess truly readonly properties. For example, I can read the $nodeName property of a DOMNo

Answer 1

Class PropertyExample {

        private $m_value;

        public function Value() {
            $args = func_get_args();
            return $this->getSet($this->m_value, $args);
        }

        protected function _getSet(&$property, $args){
            switch (sizeOf($args)){
                case 0:
                    return $property;
                case 1:
                    $property = $args[0];
                    break;  
                default:
                    $backtrace = debug_backtrace();
                    throw new Exception($backtrace[2]['function'] . ' accepts either 0 or 1 parameters');
            }
        }


}

This is how I deal with getting/setting my properties, if you want to make Value() readonly ... then you simply just have it do the following instead:

    return $this->m_value;

Where as the function Value() right now would either get or set.