PHP setter function

Question

I have a class like:

class MyClass
{
    public static $myVariable;
}

... and inside I have this:

public static function set($name, $value)
{
    if (true === property_exists('MyClass', $name)) {
        self::$name = $value;
    }
}

How can I replace:

self::$name

... with the real variable name? I have try:

self::{$name}

... but it works only for methods. I want to have the possibility of change MyClass's variables with a function. For example:

MyClass::set('myVariable', 123);

Some ideas?

AphonopelmaChalcodes · Accepted Answer · 2013-12-10 18:59:48Z

3

self::$$name should do the trick.

answered Dec 10, 2013 at 18:59

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"As opposed with isset(), property_exists() returns TRUE even if the property has the value NULL." Yup, static::${$name} looks better.