Question

I am looking to do something similar to the way CodeIgniter’s load object works. You can instantiate a class, and in this example, a model, by using:

$this->load->model('some_model', 'custom_name')

The model some_model is now accessible via $this->custom_name. Does this make use of __set() and __get() or is it something entirely different?

Answer 1

No, codeigniter does not use getters/setters. Assuming that $this is available in context:

$dynamic_class_name    = 'some_model';
$dynamic_property_name = 'custom_name';

$this->$dynamic_property_name = new $dynamic_class_name;

You’re done, you can also pass dynamic constructor params when instantiating.