[Solved] PHP __get magic method unexpected behaviour

Question

The problem is that the __get method is not reentrant, so when you access $reader->cost it is called for the first time and will call Reader::getCost(), but then $this->cost forces PHP to do a recursive call to __get which will be denied.

I don’t know if it’s a bug or a feature. Read this page from the PHP manual and search for ‘recursi’ for further reading.

Accepted Answer

The problem is that the __get method is not reentrant, so when you access $reader->cost it is called for the first time and will call Reader::getCost(), but then $this->cost forces PHP to do a recursive call to __get which will be denied.

I don’t know if it’s a bug or a feature. Read this page from the PHP manual and search for ‘recursi’ for further reading.