Can class default public variables be defined dynamically from an array in php?

Question

I have a event class that i am using to insert/update data into my database. Is there a way that i can create the public variables from my db_fields array so that i am not having to duplicate the data?

This is my current structure which works...

class event{
    protected static $table_name='tName';
    protected static $db_fields = array('field1','field2','field3','field4','field5');

    public $field1;
    public $field2;
    public $field3;
    public $field4;
    public $field5;
}

I would like to have something like this..

class event{
    protected static $table_name='tName';
    protected static $db_fields = array('field1','field2','field3','field4','field5');

    function __construct() {
        create_public_vars_here($db_fields);
    }

}

Thanks!

Answer 1

You can try the following:

class event{

    protected static $table_name='tName';
    protected static $db_fields = array('field1','field2','field3','field4','field5');

    function __construct() {
        foreach (self::$db_fields as $var) {
            $this->$var = $whateverDefaultValue;
        }
        // After the foreach loop, you'll have a bunch of properties of this object with the variable names being the string values of the $db_fiels.
        // For example, you'll have $field1, $field2, etc and they will be loaded with the value $whateverDefaultValue (probably want to set it to null).
    }

}