How to declare dynamic PHP class with {'property-names-like-this'}

Question

Im rewriting application from .NET to PHP. I need to create class like this:

class myClass
{
    public ${\'property-name-with-minus-signs\'} = 5;
    public         


        

Answer 1

You can use the __get magic method to achieve this, although it may become inconvenient, depending on the purpose:

class MyClass {
    private $properties = array(
        'property-name-with-minus-signs' => 5
    );

    public function __get($prop) {
        if(isset($this->properties[$prop])) {
            return $this->properties[$prop];
        }

        throw new Exception("Property $prop does not exist.");
    }
}

It should work well for your purposes, however, considering that -s aren't allowed in identifiers in most .NET languages anyway and you're probably using an indexer, which is analogous to __get.