Does Magic class work for multi-dimensional arrays or not?

[Summer White]

Given myArray implements Magic.

> $myArray = new myArray();
> $myArray["a"] = "test";

set function gets called.

> $myArray = new myArray();
> $myArray["a"]["b"] = "test";

set function does not get called.

Does Magic not work for multi-dimensional arrays?

[ikkez]

is "a" defined and an array?

The set method is not always called,.. i.e.  with referencial usage, php updates the underlaying value "magically" without the setter.

could probably happen for

$myArray[] = 1;
$myArray[1]++;
$myArray[1]+=2;
$ref = &$myArray[1];
$ref = 2;

in the F3 mappers, which utilize that Magic class, these values get checked for changes upon update or insert.
The Magic class does it job well,.. when you fetch $myArray["a"]["b"], Magic just gives you 'a', which is already a nested array.

[bcosca]

@ikkez is right. set function does not get called when an array element is referenced. Instead, PHP invokes &get.

[Summer White]

After doing more research I'm learning that there are a considerable amount of issues when implementing Array Access for multi-dimensional arrays. It doesn't seem like its suited to it at all.

For my implementation I decided against it anyway and went with the conventional Java like $class->getThing() approach.