miniMVC/sys/core/traits/Generic.php

<?php
/**
 * MiniMVC
 *
 * Convention-based micro-framework for PHP
 *
 * @package		miniMVC
 * @author 		Timothy J. Warren
 * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2011 - 2012
 * @link 		https://github.com/aviat4ion/miniMVC
 * @license 	http://philsturgeon.co.uk/code/dbad-license 
 */
 
// --------------------------------------------------------------------------

namespace miniMVC;

/**
 * Simple Trait to include most useful default methods
 *
 * @package miniMVC
 * @subpackage System
 */
trait Generic {

	/**
	 * Prints out the contents of the object when used as a string
	 * 
	 * @return string
	 */
	public function __toString()
	{
		if (ENVIRONMENT == 'DEVELOPMENT')
		{
			$args = func_get_args();
			$method = ( ! empty($args)) ? $args[0] : "print_r";
			$data = (isset($args[1])) ? $args[1] : [];
		
			if (empty($data))
			{
				$data =& $this;
			}
			
			$output = '<pre>';
			
			if ($method == "var_dump")
			{
				ob_start();
				var_dump($data);
				$output .= ob_get_contents();
				ob_end_clean();
			}
			elseif ($method == "var_export")
			{
				ob_start();
				var_export($data);
				$output .= ob_get_contents();
				ob_end_clean();
			}	
			else
			{
				$output .= print_r($data, TRUE);
			}
		
			return $output . '</pre>';
		}
		else
		{
			return '';
		}
	}
	
	// --------------------------------------------------------------------------
	
	/**
	 * PHP magic method that is called when an object is treated as a function
	 *
	 * @param array $args
	 */
	public static function __invoke($args = [])
	{
		$class = __CLASS__;
		return new $class($args);
	}
}

// End of Generic.php