BaseEntity.php

<?php
namespace webapp;

/**
 * base Doctrine entity for convinent orm association
 */
class BaseEntity
{
        protected $_properties;

        function __construct($initValues=null)
        {     
                if (is_array($initValues)) {
                        foreach ($initValues as $name=>$value) {
                                $this->{$name} = $value;
                        }     
                }     
        }     

        protected function properties()
        {     
                if (null === $this->_properties)
                        $this->_properties = array_keys(get_class_vars(get_class($this)));
                return $this->_properties;
        }     

        public function __isset($key)
        {     
                return in_array($key, $this->properties());
        }     

        public function __get($key)
        {     
                if (in_array($key, $this->properties()))
                        return $this->{$key};
                return null; 
        }     

        public function __set($key, $value)
        {     
                if (in_array($key, $this->properties())) {
                        $this->{$key} = $value;
                }
        }
}
?>