How to get methods properties values - PHP - php

Question

I have this code and wonder get the methods properties values.
<?php
class framework{
// users table
function users(){
$username="VARCHAR (255)";
$email="VARCHAR (255)";
$password="VARCHAR (255)";
}
// product table
function produts(){
$title="VARCHAR (255)";
$price="INT ()";
$author="VARCHAR (255)";
}
//categories table
function categories(){
$category_name="VARCHAR (255)";
}
}
?>
I'm trying to create my own framework and in this particular code I'm trying to simplify database creation. The idea is to get the class name as the database name and the methods as tables names, and the last get the methods properties as cols.
I use get_class() to get the class name and add as table name;
get_class_methods to get the class methods and create the table.
So I have no idea of how to create the respective cols.

Answer 1

I am not recommending this approach because you are reinventing the wheel here, but you could expose your DDL info via public properties. Of course, you can make these private/protected and expose them via getters.
I also created a base model which your child models can inherit. This allows for IDE autocompletion in the DatabaseBuilder below.
<?php
namespace Bartolomeu;
// Base model
abstract class Model {
public $table;
public $columns;
}
class User extends Model
{
public $table = 'users';
public $columns = [
'username' => 'VARCHAR (255)',
'email' => 'VARCHAR (255)',
'password' => 'VARCHAR (255)',
];
}
class Product extends Model
{
public $table = 'products';
public $columns = [
'title' => 'VARCHAR (255)',
'price' => 'INT ()',
'author' => 'VARCHAR (255)',
];
}
class Category extends Model
{
public $table = 'categories';
public $columns = [
'category_name' => 'VARCHAR (255)',
];
}
Finally, you can create a class that will actually "read" the models and do the necessary work to create the tables themselves.
<?php
class DatabaseBuilder
{
public function createTables()
{
$models = [
new User(),
new Product(),
new Category(),
];
foreach ($models as $model) {
/* #var Model $model */
$table = $model->table;
$columns = $model->columns;
//...
}
}
}