There have already been several such proposals made in past years, and discussed at length here on the mailing list.
See C# Style Accessors past RFC: https://wiki.php.net/rfc/propertygetsetsyntax-v1.2 and alternatives: https://wiki.php.net/rfc/propertygetsetsyntax-alternative-typehinting-syntax Since PHP 7 already supports scalar type hints and strict mode, as well as magic getters/setters, pretty much all of your aforementioned concepts are already possible in PHP with a bit of boiler plate. The declarative accessors obviously have some benefits like less verbosity and more concise syntax, but we've been down this road before in the past and I'd suggest reading the discussions around those RFCs, with similar ideas, which were declined or withdrawn and coming up with a more constructive approach if you want it to gain any critical mass. It's going to be a tough sell if you just come back with the same approach. On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 9:40 PM, Kelt Dockins <k...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Hi everybody, > > > I've been using php for many years now and it really is a great language. > My friend and I were talking about additional things we would want in php - > sort of like a wishlist. I came up with 3 things that I think would make > php even more awesome and I wanted to share these concepts with this list > and I'd love to get feedback. I haven't done any c programming in years but > I'd be open to working on these concepts if enough people wanted them. > > > > 1. use strict mode > > > ``` > > class Bar { } > > > class Foo > > { > use strict; > > } > > > $bar = new Bar; > > $bar->thing = 1; // no problem > > > $foo = new Foo; > > $foo->thing = 1; // throws error because thing attribute does not > exists > > ``` > > > > 2. type hinting class properties > > > ``` > > class Foo > > { > public $thing : int; > > } > > > $foo = new Foo; > > $foo->thing = 1; // works fine > > $foo->thing = 'string'; // throws Typehint > > ``` > > > 3. auto properties > > > ``` > > class Foo > > { > > private $thing1 { > > get, set > > }; > > > private $thing2 { > > get > > }; > > > private $thing3 { > > set > > }; > > } > > > $foo = new Foo; > > $foo->thing1 = 'asdf'; > > echo $foo->thing1; // echos 'asdf' > > > $foo->thing2 = 'asdf'; // throws error because no setter > > > $foo->thing3 = ''asdf'; // sets thing3 > > echo $foo->thing3; // throws error because no getter > > ``` > > > I'd love to hear what you all have to say about these things. Thanks in > advance for your feedback and time! > > > - Kelt >
