Question

I regularly create a class that has a few private variables.
When an instance of this class is set, it should be possible to fill all variables of the class with getters and setters.

Is there an easy way to do this without having to type all these setters and getters for each variable on creation of the class?

now i have to type this for each var in the class

public function setVar($var){
$this->var = $var;
}

and

public function getVar(){
return $this->var;
}

We now use RegExp, but i don’t know if this is the easiest way…
We use Eclipse as environment, so perhaps there are some usefull plugins?

Answer 1

With Eclipse go to Preferences -> PHP -> Editor -> Templates -> New and use something like this:

/**
 * Method to get the ${PropertyName}
 *
 * @return  ${ReturnType}  return the ${PropertyName}.
 *
 * @since   __DEPLOY_VERSION__
*/
public function get${MethodName}() {
  return $$this->${PropertyName};
}

/**
 * Method to set the ${PropertyName}
 *
 * @return  boolean  True on success and false on failed case
 *
 * @since   __DEPLOY_VERSION__
*/
public function set${MethodName}($$value) {
  $$this->${PropertyName} = $$value;
}

To use the template type its name and press ctrl+space – a context menu should also automatically appear when you type the name.