PHP - Generate Functions from array of string - php

Question

In my application i need many getter and setter and my idea was to generate them from an array, for example:
protected $methods = ['name', 'city'];
With this two parameters, i will need to generate the following methods:
public function getNameAttribute() {
return $this->getName();
}
public function getName($lang = null) {
return $this->getEntityValue('name', $lang);
}
And for city, the method will be:
public function getCityAttribute() {
return $this->getCity();
}
public function getCity($lang = null) {
return $this->getEntityValue('city', $lang);
}
Sure, i should need to generate the setter too (with the same logic).
As you can see, i will need a method with get<variable_name>Attribute and inside this call get<variable_name> and the other (getName) return even the same method (for each getter) and just change the 'name' parameter.
Every method have the same logic and i would like to generate them "dynamically". I don't know if this is possible..

Answer 1

You can leverage __call() to do this. I'm not going to provide a full implementation but you basically want to do something like:
public function __call($name, $args) {
// Match the name from the format "get<name>Attribute" and extract <name>.
// Assert that <name> is in the $methods array.
// Use <name> to call a function like $this->{'get' . $name}().
// 2nd Alternative:
// Match the name from the format "get<name>" and extract <name>.
// Assert that <name> is in the $methods array.
// Use <name> to call a function like $this->getEntityValue($name, $args[0]);
}

Answer 2

Send this params(name, city or other) as parameter to universal method(if you don't know what params you can get)
public function getAttribute($value) {
return $this->get($value);
}
public function get($value, $lang = null) {
return $this->getEntityValue($value, $lang);
}
If you know yours parameters, you can use this:
public function getNameAttribute() {
return $this->getName();
}
$value = 'Name'; //for example
$methodName = 'get' . $value . 'Attribute';
$this->$methodName; //call "getNameAttribute"

Answer 3

Take a look at this and let me know is it your requirement or not.
$methods = ['name', 'city'];
$func = 'get'.$methods[1].'Attribute';
echo $func($methods[1]);
function getNameAttribute($func_name){
$another_func = 'get'.$func_name;
echo 'Name: '.$another_func();
}
function getCityAttribute($func_name){
$another_func = 'get'.$func_name;
echo 'City: '.$another_func();
}
function getCity(){
return 'Dhaka';
}
function getName(){
return 'Frayne';
}