Objects implementing ArrayAccess may return objects by references in PHP 5.3.0.
You can implement your ArrayAccess object like this:
class Reflectable implements ArrayAccess {
public function set($name, $value) {
$this->{$name} = $value;
}
public function &get($name) {
return $this->{$name};
}
public function offsetGet($offset) {
return $this->get($offset);
}
public function offsetSet($offset, $value) {
$this->set($offset, $value);
}
...
}
This base class allows you to get / set your object properties using the [] operator just like in Javascript:
class Boo extends Reflectable {
public $name;
}
$obj = new Boo();
$obj['name'] = "boo";
echo $obj['name']; // prints boo
