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Posted by GameboyHippo on 10/16/07 14:38
On Oct 16, 9:11 am, Captain Paralytic <paul_laut...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On 16 Oct, 14:46, GameboyHippo <jasonwthomp...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
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> > I have a get function that looks like this:
>
> > /**
> > * Magic function that gets properties
> > * @param mixed $var The property that should be retrieved
> > * @return mixed The value of the property. Returns null if property
> > doesn't exist
> > */
> > function __get($var)
> > {
> > $special_properties = array('name');
>
> > if (!isset($this->data[$var]) && !in_array($var,$special_properties))
> > {
> > echo "Warning: $var is not a property for ".get_class($this)."!\n";
> > return null;
> > }
> > else{
> > switch ($var){
> > case 'name':
> > return $this->data['first_name'].' '.$this->data['last_name'];
> > break;
> > case 'office_phone':
> > case 'mobile_phone':
> > case 'other_phone':
> > return $this->to_phone_string($this->data[$var]);
> > break;
> > default:
> > return $this->data[$var];
> > }
> > }
> > }
>
> > Here's the question. Say I have a row in my database that has a null
> > value in the column other_phone. When it gets to the first if
> > statement !isset($this->data[$var]) it is going to evaluate to true
> > (in other words $this->data['office_phone'] is not set because it is
> > null). How do I evaluate if the column is merely not there instead of
> > not there or null?
>
> If $this->data['office_phone'] is set to NULL then I would expect !
> isset($this->data[$var]) to evaluate to false, because !isset($this-
>
> >data[$var]) IS set.
I agree, however in practice, it doesn't work as expected. I'll check
out the other reply and see if that helps. Thanks!
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