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authorEmiel Bruijntjes <emiel.bruijntjes@copernica.com>2014-03-14 12:42:35 +0100
committerEmiel Bruijntjes <emiel.bruijntjes@copernica.com>2014-03-14 12:42:35 +0100
commit1f1a0fa9349d37e623ae763b48c7ea21681cd45b (patch)
treed5bc49690b2bb1f85f3560c28845dcc02566d330 /documentation
parent91e1175a467cb9e2f90e7421a1398430d075f776 (diff)
implementation of properties using callback methods
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@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
</p>
<h2 id="compile-time-detection">Compile time detection</h2>
<p>
- Although you may think that the magic methods are virtual methods that
- are overridden from the Php::Base class, they are not. The methods are
+ Although you may have expected that the magic methods are virtual methods in
+ the Php::Base class that can be overridden, they are not. The methods are
detected by the C++ compiler at compile time - and are very normal methods
that just happen to have a certain name.
</p>
@@ -46,18 +46,18 @@
The only exception to this rule is the __construct() method. This method
does have to be explicitly registered. There are a number of reasons for this.
For a start, the __construct() method does not have a fixed signature, and
- by explicitly adding it to the extension, you can also exactly specify what
- parameters it accepts, and whether the __construct() method should be
+ by explicitly adding it to the extension, you can also specify what
+ parameters it accepts, and whether the __construct() method should be public,
private or protected (if you want to create classes that can not be
instantiated from PHP).
</p>
<p>
The other reason why you have to explicitly register the __construct() method,
- is that, unlike other magic methods, the magic __construct method <i>must</i>
+ is that, unlike other magic methods, the __construct method <i>must</i>
be visible from PHP. Inside constructors of derived classes, it often is
necessary to make a call to parent::__construct(). By registering the
__construct() method in the get_module() function you make the function
- visible from PHP, which makes constructs like this possible.
+ visible from PHP.
</p>
<p>
We have a special article about <a href="constructors-and-destructors">
@@ -72,12 +72,12 @@
the object gets destructed (and the C++ destructor runs).
</p>
<p>
- The __clone() and __destruct() methods are regular magic methods. You do
- not have to register them to make them active. The PHP-CPP library calls
- them automatically if they are available.
+ The __clone() and __destruct() methods are regular magic methods and you
+ therefore do not have to register them to make them active. The PHP-CPP
+ library calls them automatically if they are available.
</p>
<p>
- In normal circumstances you probably do not need these methods very often.
+ In normal circumstances you probably have not need for these methods.
The C++ copy constructor and the C++ destructor can be used too. The only
difference is that the magic methods are called on objects that are in a
fully initialized state, while the C++ copy constructor and C++ destructor
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@
<i>being destructed</i>.
</p>
<p>
- The article about <a href="constructors-and-destructors">mentioned above</a>
- as more details and examples.
+ The article about mentioned above about <a href="constructors-and-destructors">
+ constructors and destructors</a> has more details and examples.
</p>
<h2 id="pseudo-properties">Pseudo properties</h2>
<p>