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Intercepting Property Access with __get() and __set() (PHP 5 Only)

 
<?php
class TimeThing {
  function __get( $arg ) {
    if ( $arg == "time" ) {
      return getdate();
    }
  }

  function __set( $arg, $val ) {
    if ( $arg == "time" ) {
      trigger_error( "cannot set property $arg" );
      return false;
    }
  }
}

$cal = new TimeThing();
print $cal->time['mday']."/";
print $cal->time['mon']."/";
print $cal->time['year'];

?>








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