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Using value-objects in Laravel Models

Benjamin Delespierre on July 26, 2021

(image credits the Joomla Community) Value Objects A value object is a small object that represents a simple entity whose equality is ...

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Geoffrey Van Wyk • Apr 20

If $value is private, then this comparison:


    public function equals(self $status): bool
    {
        return $this->value == $status->value;
    }

should not be possible?

Benjamin Delespierre • May 21

In PHP encapsulation is done at class level, not object level, so you can "visit" other instances' private properties value.

Geoffrey Van Wyk • May 21

I stand corrected.

Objects of the same type will have access to each others private and protected members even though they are not the same instances.

Geoffrey Van Wyk • Apr 20

PHP needs a __equals magic method :)

Benjamin Delespierre • May 21

That would be fantastic. How about you draft an RFC for that?

Geoffrey Van Wyk • May 21 • Edited

Someone proposed it for PHP 7.3, but it was declined: PHP RFC: User-defined object comparison

It is difficult to find the reasons for why it was declined: github.com/php/php-src/pull/3339#i...

As someone mentioned on a PHP podcast, the PHP RFC voting system needs a lot of improvement.

Benjamin Delespierre • May 21

I understand. While things could certainly be better, I think we need to be careful: changing the RFC system could jeopardize the backward-compatibility, which is IMHO the best aspect of the platform.

Michel JAUTZY • Jul 27 '21

Great article, great usecase !

Benjamin Delespierre • Jul 27 '21

Thanks 🙏

Mohammed Shifreen • Nov 13 '22

Is it really necessary to make constructor private for final class?

Chidiebere Chukwudi • Jul 28 '21

NIce one