Question

Is there a way to make php make this piece of code:

myclass.randomthingwrittenhere

work as

myclass.nexttodotoperator(randomthingwrittenhere)?

I want to write my own database framework to databases and im wondering if it can work somehow.

Answer 1

Accessing members on objects?

I’m really not sure what you’re doing in your example. When you access properties or call methods on objects you use the -> syntax, unlike JavaScript which can use ..

There are a few magic methods that you can add to your class to handle this:

class MyClass {
    function __get ( $property ) {
        $this->something( $property );
    }
    function __call ( $method, $arguments ) {
        $this->something( $method, $arguments );
    }
}

In this code, any instance of the class will let you handle requests for members that aren’t found on the instance itself.

Demo: http://codepad.org/3qB8gXfv

String manipulation?

That being said, perhaps you’re not asking about classes at all, but instead string manipulation. If I understand your question correctly, provide your input string:

$string = "myclass.randomthingwrittenhere";

Then split up the two parts into your class, and your method:

list($class, $method) = explode(".", $string);

Then spit out the new string, interpolating the variables:

echo "$class.foobar($method)";

Demo: http://codepad.org/vggOIA9U