PHP5 Get/Set Generator v1.2

This was build for PHP5. But, I suppose you could use it a base for other languages as well.

Not a lot to it, just enter a comma-separated list of variables which you want to be included in the output. The output was written with the intention that the methods would be used in a "data object". This is a common way to make sure that you have a sanitized, standard set of variables that you can pass into other methods. You can build on this to add custom functionality - but I have found this to be a huge timesaver. Examples follow.


(Makes it easier to use this tool for changes in the class)


(Normalizes hyphenated input variable names. So, author-id will turn into author_id)

Example Input:

    project_id, project_name, is_active, date_created

Example Output:

When you click the button below, you will see the generated properties & methods.



How to use the Results:

For the purposes of this sample, assume you have used the results of this generator to create a data object which represents a project. Luckily, we have used project-related terms in the variable samples above. So, you have a class that contains getters and setters for a project data object.

$new_project = new ProjectDataObj();
$new_project->set_project_name('Test Project');
$new_project->set_is_active(true);

// Now, let's use the standardized project data object to create a new project.
// Let's assume you have a Project class that handles all your Project data CrUD
try {
    $projects = new Projects();
    $projects->create_new( $new_project );
}
catch (Exception $e) {
    echo "Failed to create project: ".$e->getMessage();
}

To understand this a bit better, you would want to see the details behind the create_new() method. It would require that the argument it takes is an object - specifically an object of type ProjectDataObj - which we created using the get/set methods generated here.

// Snippet of the create_new() method out of context from the Projects class
function create_new( ProjectDataObj $data ) {

    // do something to create the project
    try {
        $this->_validate_data($data);
        $id = $this->_create_project_record($data);
        $manager_id = $this->_get_available_project_mgr();
        $this->_assign_project_manager($id, $manager_id );
        // done!
    }
    catch (Exception $e) {
        throw new Exception("Failed to create project.");
    }
    
    return true;
    
}