Question

I’m trying out a recipe on how to store string resources in PHP, but I can’t seem to get it to work. I am a little unsure on how the __get function works in relation to arrays and objects.

Error Message: “Fatal error: Cannot use object of type stdClass as array in /var/www/html/workspace/srclistv2/Resource.php on line 34”

What am I doing wrong?

/**
 * Stores the res file-array to be used as a partt of the resource object.
 */
class Resource
{
    var $resource;
    var $storage = array();

    public function __construct($resource)
    {
        $this->resource = $resource;
        $this->load();
    }

    private function load()
    {
        $location = $this->resource . '.php';

        if(file_exists($location))
        {
             require_once $location;
             if(isset($res))
             {
                 $this->storage = (object)$res;
                 unset($res);
             }
        }
    }

    public function __get($root)
    {
        return isset($this->storage[$root]) ? $this->storage[$root] : null;
    }
}

Here is the resource file named QueryGenerator.res.php:

$res = array(
    'query' => array(
        'print' => 'select * from source prints',
        'web'  => 'select * from source web',
    )
);

And here is the place I’m trying to call it:

    $resource = new Resource("QueryGenerator.res");

    $query = $resource->query->print;

Answer 1

It’s true that you define $storage as an array in your class but then you assigne object to it in load method ($this->storage = (object)$res;).

Fields of class can be accessed with following syntax: $object->fieldName. So in your __get method you should do:

public function __get($root)
{
    if (is_array($this->storage)) //You re-assign $storage in a condition so it may be array.
        return isset($this->storage[$root]) ? $this->storage[$root] : null;
    else
        return isset($this->storage->{$root}) ? $this->storage->{$root} : null;
}