{"id":191,"date":"2014-06-05T10:09:09","date_gmt":"2014-06-05T18:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tech.dimprash.com\/?p=191"},"modified":"2014-09-26T17:32:19","modified_gmt":"2014-09-27T01:32:19","slug":"what-are-magic-quotes-magic-methods-short-tags-in-php","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.tech.dimprash.com\/?p=191","title":{"rendered":"What are magic methods, magic quotes, short tags in php?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Magic Methods:<\/strong> <\/p>\n

PHP functions that start with a double underscore \u2013 a \u201c__\u201d \u2013 are called magic functions (and\/or methods) in PHP. They are functions that are always defined inside classes, and are not stand-alone (outside of classes) functions. The magic functions available in PHP are: __construct(), __destruct(), __call(), __callStatic(), __get(), __set(), __isset(), __unset(), __sleep(), __wakeup(), __toString(), __invoke(), __set_state(), __clone(), and __autoload().<\/p>\n

Why are they called Magic Methods?
\nThe definition of a magic function is provided by the programmer \u2013 meaning you, as the programmer, will actually write the definition. This is important to remember \u2013 PHP does not provide the definitions of the magic functions \u2013 the programmer must actually write the code that defines what the magic function will do. But, magic functions will never directly be called by the programmer \u2013 actually, PHP will call the function \u2018behind the scenes\u2019. This is why they are called \u2018magic\u2019 functions \u2013 because they are never directly called, and they allow the programmer to do some pretty powerful things.<\/p>\n

PHP: What are magic methods?<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n