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[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) 4. / 5. tuupola/witchcraft AbandonedArchivedLibrary[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) tuupola/witchcraft ================== Opionated magic methods as traits 1.1.0(9y ago)2315.5k2[1 PRs](https://github.com/tuupola/witchcraft/pulls)1MITPHPPHP >=5.4 Since Oct 17Pushed 8y ago3 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/tuupola/witchcraft)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/tuupola/witchcraft)[ Docs](https://github.com/tuupola/witchcraft)[ RSS](/packages/tuupola-witchcraft/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 1w ago READMEChangelogDependencies (2)Versions (9)Used By (1) Witchcraft ========== [](#witchcraft) Opionated PHP magic methods as traits. [![Author](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/b82ff4b35baf0280d673bfc9567e82f8eccf1e4ef1819a0ce4790231cd7d9322/687474703a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f617574686f722d40747575706f6c612d626c75652e7376673f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](https://twitter.com/tuupola)[![Software License](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/55c0218c8f8009f06ad4ddae837ddd05301481fcf0dff8e0ed9dadda8780713e/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f6c6963656e73652d4d49542d627269676874677265656e2e7376673f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](LICENSE.txt)[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/4854034fab31a6b2660853ca83986e04fc9038352b3fccb0a8278eea3d39982a/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7472617669732f747575706f6c612f776974636863726166742f6d61737465722e7376673f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](https://travis-ci.org/tuupola/witchcraft)[![HHVM Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/170317ea9566ec8c13b60e1e58198e4f580788680b76fb626f0332a0d386e6c5/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f6868766d2f747575706f6c612f776974636863726166742e7376673f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](http://hhvm.h4cc.de/package/tuupola/witchcraft)[![Coverage](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/e12bd542b02747c9ce5a1e8671ac83349eabe1edbbfa20551ff485a063be0a4f/687474703a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f636f6465636f762f632f6769746875622f747575706f6c612f776974636863726166742e7376673f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](https://codecov.io/github/tuupola/witchcraft) Install ------- [](#install) You can install latest version using [composer](https://getcomposer.org/). ``` $ composer require tuupola/witchcraft ``` Usage ----- [](#usage) You have your usual class with boilerplate accessors and mutators. ``` class Unicorn { private $color; private $birthday; public function __construct($color = "white", $birthday = null) { $this->color = $color; $this->birthday = $birthday; } public function getColor() { return $this->color; } public function setColor($color) { $this->color = $color; return $this; } public function getBirthday() { return $this->birthday; } public function setBirthday($birthday) { $this->birthday = DateTime::createFromFormat("Y-m-d", $birthday); return $this; } public function getAge() { $now = new DateTime(); return $this->birthday->diff($now)->format("%y years"); } } ``` It all works really nice with ide autocompletes and everything. Problem is your code looks quite ugly. ``` $unicorn = new Unicorn(); $unicorn->setBirthday("1930-24-12")->setColor("rainbow"); print $unicorn->getAge(); ``` Magic methods ------------- [](#magic-methods) Witchcraft to the resque. If you add `Witchcraft\MagicMethods` trait you can use pretty methods. ``` class Unicorn { use \Witchcraft\MagicMethods; /* Rest of the code stays exactly the same. */ } ``` ``` $unicorn = new Unicorn(); $unicorn->birthday("1930-24-12")->color("rainbow"); print $unicorn->age(); ``` Magic properties ---------------- [](#magic-properties) If you add `Witchcraft\MagicProperties` trait you can use pretty properties. ``` class Unicorn { use \Witchcraft\MagicProperties; /* Rest of the code stays exactly the same. */ } ``` ``` $unicorn = new Unicorn(); $unicorn->birthday = "1930-24-12"; $unicorn->color = "rainbow"; print $unicorn->age; ``` Dynamic methods --------------- [](#dynamic-methods) As a bonus you can dynamically assing methods to the object. ``` $unicorn->something(function ($input) { return "Got {$input}!"; }); $unicorn->something("milk"); /* Got milk! */ ``` ``` $unicorn->something = function ($input) { return "No {$input} :("; }; $unicorn->something("beer"); /* No beer :() */ ``` Why? ==== [](#why) Because I think `getFoo()` and `setFoo("bar")` are ugly. Testing ------- [](#testing) You can run tests either manually... ``` $ composer test ``` ... or automatically on every code change. You will need [entr](http://entrproject.org/) for this to work. ``` $ brew install entr $ composer watch ``` Contributing ------------ [](#contributing) Please see [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md) for details. Security -------- [](#security) If you discover any security related issues, please email instead of using the issue tracker. License ------- [](#license) The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](LICENSE.md) for more information. ### Health Score 34 — LowBetter than 77% of packages Maintenance20 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity29 Limited adoption so far Community12 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity63 Established project with proven stability Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window. **Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores. **Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement. **Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability. ### Release Activity Cadence Every ~120 days Recently: every ~139 days Total 7 Last Release 3508d ago Major Versions 0.3.0 → 1.0.02016-02-29 PHP version history (2 changes)0.1.0PHP ~5.4 0.2.1PHP >=5.4 ### Community Maintainers ![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/3325405a7d8a43bc40dd0e760a4b7f268fba32a7150cf0327f64f13d1661df0b?d=identicon)[tuupola](/maintainers/tuupola) --- Top Contributors [![tuupola](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/21913?v=4)](https://github.com/tuupola "tuupola (46 commits)") --- Tags magicphptraitmethodsmagicwitchcraft ### Code Quality TestsPHPUnit Code StylePHP\_CodeSniffer ### Embed Badge ![Health badge](/badges/tuupola-witchcraft/health.svg) ``` [![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/tuupola-witchcraft/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/tuupola-witchcraft) ``` ### Alternatives [danielstjules/stringy A string manipulation library with multibyte support 2.4k26.0M191](/packages/danielstjules-stringy)[voku/arrayy Array manipulation library for PHP, called Arrayy! 4875.5M16](/packages/voku-arrayy)[voku/stringy A string manipulation library with multibyte support 1783.8M19](/packages/voku-stringy)[statamic/stringy A string manipulation library with multibyte support, forked from @statamic 234.5M14](/packages/statamic-stringy)[lochmueller/autoloader Automatic components loading of ExtBase extensions to get more time for coffee in the company ;) This ext is not a PHP SPL autoloader or class loader - it is better! 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