PHP does Meta Programming too! (Requires PHP 5.4)

MetaObject.php

<?php

namespace CHH;

trait MetaObject
{
    protected static $__metaClass;

    static function setMetaClass(MetaClass $metaClass)
    {
        static::$__metaClass = $metaClass;
    }

    static function getMetaClass()
    {
        if (null === static::$__metaClass) {
            static::$__metaClass = new MetaClass;
        }
        return static::$__metaClass;
    }

    function __call($method, array $argv = array())
    {
        $metaClass = static::getMetaClass();

        if (!$metaClass->respondsTo($method)) {
            throw new \BadMethodCallException(sprintf(
                'Call to undefined method %s', $method
            ));
        }
        return $metaClass->send($method, $argv, $this);
    }

    function __get($property)
    {
        $metaClass = static::getMetaClass();

        if (property_exists($metaClass, $property)) {
            return $this->$property = $metaClass->$property;
        }
    }

    function __isset($property)
    {
        return property_exists(static::getMetaClass(), $property);
    }
}

class MetaClass
{
    protected $methods = array();

    function extend($methods)
    {
        if ($methods instanceof MetaClass) {
            $methods = $methods->getMethods();
        }

        foreach ($methods as $method => $body) {
            $this->method($method, $body);
        }

        return $this;
    }

    function getMethods()
    {
        return $this->methods;
    }

    function method($name, \Closure $body) 
    {
        $this->methods[$name] = $body;
        return $this;
    }

    function property($name, $default = null)
    {
        $this->{$name} = $default;
        return $this;
    }

    function respondsTo($method)
    {
        return isset($this->methods[$method]);
    }

    function send($method, array $argv = array(), $context = null)
    {
        if (!$this->respondsTo($method)) {
            throw new \BadMethodCallException("Call to undefined Method $method");
        }

        $body = $this->methods[$method];

        if (null !== $context) {
            $body = $body->bindTo($context, get_class($context));
        }

        return call_user_func_array($body, $argv);
    }
}

test.php

<?php

namespace CHH\Test;

require_once __DIR__ . "/MetaObject.php";

use CHH\MetaObject;

class Animal
{
    use MetaObject;
}

class Dog extends Animal
{
    public $name;
    protected $favouriteToy = "Stick";

    function __construct($name = null)
    {
        $this->name = $name;
    }
}

class MetaClassTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
{
    /**
     * Registers an Instance Meta Property at runtime and initializes it
     * with a default value.
     */
    function testRegisterMetaProperty() 
    {
        $beethoven = new Dog;

        Dog::getMetaClass()->property('no');

        $this->assertTrue(isset($beethoven->no));
    }

    function testRegisterMetaMethod() 
    {
        $beethoven = new Dog("Beethoven");

        Dog::getMetaClass()->method('speak', function() {
            return "Hello I'm {$this->name}";
        });

        $this->assertTrue(is_callable(array($beethoven, 'speak')));
        $this->assertEquals("Hello I'm Beethoven", $beethoven->speak());
    }

    function testExtendWithArray()
    {
        $beethoven = new Dog("Beethoven");

        Dog::getMetaClass()->extend([
            "bark" => function() {
                return "Woof! Woof!";
            },
            "isNamed" => function($name) {
                return $this->name === $name;
            }
        ]);

        $this->assertFalse($beethoven->isNamed('Johnny'));
        $this->assertEquals('Woof! Woof!', $beethoven->bark());
    }

    function testProtectedMemberAccess()
    {
        $beethoven = new Dog("Beethoven");

        Dog::getMetaClass()->method("getFavouriteToy", function() {
            return $this->favouriteToy;
        });

        $this->assertEquals("Stick", $beethoven->getFavouriteToy());
    }

    // I've to figure out this later. It's a quirk by PHP's
    // behaviour with static inheritance.
    function testInheritanceAndMetaClass()
    {
        $beethoven = new Dog("Beethoven");

        Animal::getMetaClass()->method("foo", function() {
            return "bar";
        });

        Dog::getMetaClass()->method("bar", function() {
            return "bar";
        });

        $this->assertFalse(Animal::getMetaClass()->respondsTo("bar"));

        $this->assertFalse(is_callable(array($beethoven, 'foo')));
        $this->assertFalse(Animal::getMetaClass() === Dog::getMetaClass());
    }
}

Interesting, its good to know that PHP is smarter than we thought. XD With proper work, PHP can do a lot of things that are supposedly only achievable in more object oriented languages like Java, C# and Ruby.

Thanks for Contribute it!