How to add methods dynamically - php

Question

I'm trying to add methods dynamically from external files.
Right now I have __call method in my class so when i call the method I want, __call includes it for me; the problem is I want to call loaded function by using my class, and I don't want loaded function outside of the class;
Class myClass
{
function__call($name, $args)
{
require_once($name.".php");
}
}
echoA.php:
function echoA()
{
echo("A");
}
then i want to use it like:
$myClass = new myClass();
$myClass->echoA();
Any advice will be appreciated.

Answer 1

Is this what you need?
$methodOne = function ()
{
echo "I am doing one.".PHP_EOL;
};
$methodTwo = function ()
{
echo "I am doing two.".PHP_EOL;
};
class Composite
{
function addMethod($name, $method)
{
$this->{$name} = $method;
}
public function __call($name, $arguments)
{
return call_user_func($this->{$name}, $arguments);
}
}
$one = new Composite();
$one -> addMethod("method1", $methodOne);
$one -> method1();
$one -> addMethod("method2", $methodTwo);
$one -> method2();

Answer 2

You cannot dynamically add methods to a class at runtime, period.*
PHP simply isn't a very duck-punchable language.
* Without ugly hacks.

Answer 3

You can dynamically add attributes and methods providing it is done through the constructor in the same way you can pass a function as argument of another function.
class Example {
function __construct($f)
{
$this->action=$f;
}
}
function fun() {
echo "hello\n";
}
$ex1 = new class('fun');
You can not call directlry $ex1->action(), it must be assigned to a variable and then you can call this variable like a function.

Answer 4

if i read the manual right,
the __call get called insted of the function, if the function dosn't exist
so you probely need to call it after you created it
Class myClass
{
function __call($name, $args)
{
require_once($name.".php");
$this->$name($args);
}
}

Answer 5

You can create an attribute in your class : methods=[]
and use create_function for create lambda function.
Stock it in the methods attribute, at index of the name of method you want.
use :
function __call($method, $arguments)
{
if(method_exists($this, $method))
$this->$method($arguments);
else
$this->methods[$method]($arguments);
}
to find and call good method.

Answer 6

What you are referring to is called Overloading. Read all about it in the PHP Manual

Answer 7

/**
* #method Talk hello(string $name)
* #method Talk goodbye(string $name)
*/
class Talk {
private $methods = [];
public function __construct(array $methods) {
$this->methods = $methods;
}
public function __call(string $method, array $arguments): Talk {
if ($func = $this->methods[$method] ?? false) {
$func(...$arguments);
return $this;
}
throw new \RuntimeException(sprintf('Missing %s method.'));
}
}
$howdy = new Talk([
'hello' => function(string $name) {
echo sprintf('Hello %s!%s', $name, PHP_EOL);
},
'goodbye' => function(string $name) {
echo sprintf('Goodbye %s!%s', $name, PHP_EOL);
},
]);
$howdy
->hello('Jim')
->goodbye('Joe');
https://3v4l.org/iIhph

Answer 8

You can do both adding methods and properties dynamically.
Properties:
class XXX
{
public function __construct($array1)
{
foreach ($array1 as $item) {
$this->$item = "PropValue for property : " . $item;
}
}
}
$a1 = array("prop1", "prop2", "prop3", "prop4");
$class1 = new XXX($a1);
echo $class1->prop1 . PHP_EOL;
echo $class1->prop2 . PHP_EOL;
echo $class1->prop3 . PHP_EOL;
echo $class1->prop4 . PHP_EOL;
Methods:
//using anounymous function
$method1 = function () {
echo "this can be in an include file and read inline." . PHP_EOL;
};
class class1
{
//build the new method from the constructor, not required to do it here by it is simpler.
public function __construct($functionName, $body)
{
$this->{$functionName} = $body;
}
public function __call($functionName, $arguments)
{
return call_user_func($this->{$functionName}, $arguments);
}
}
//pass the new method name and the refernce to the anounymous function
$myObjectWithNewMethod = new class1("method1", $method1);
$myObjectWithNewMethod->method1();

Answer 9

I've worked up the following code example and a helper method which works with __call which may prove useful. https://github.com/permanenttourist/helpers/tree/master/PHP/php_append_methods