The "the_" method can call virtual methods and/or delegate to a view or a model.
The view and model can both be the same object if needed.
/**
* Magic method for calling inaccessible methods
* Examples:
* $this->date Return original ISO 8601 date format from model
* $this->get_date() Return custom formatted date
* $this->get_date_html() Return custom formatted date HTML
* $this->the_date() Output custom formatted date
* $this->the_date_html() Output custom formatted date HTML
*
* @param string $method_name
* @param array $args
*
* @return mixed|null
*/
function __call($method_name, $args = array())
{
$value = null;
if (false !== strpos($method_name, 'the_')) {
$value = WPLib::do_the_methods($this, $this->model(), $method_name, $args);
} else {
$value = call_user_func_array(array($this->model(), $method_name), $args);
}
return $value;
}
/**
* Generate debugging error message for attempts to call a non-existent method.
*
* @param string $method_name
* @param array $args
*
* @return mixed
*/
function __call($method_name, $args)
{
$value = null;
if (preg_match('#^the_#', $method_name) && is_callable(array($this, $method_name))) {
$value = WPLib::do_the_methods($this, $this, $method_name, $args);
} else {
/*
* Oops. No method was found. Output an error message.
*/
$message = sprintf(__('ERROR: There is no method %s() in class %s. ', 'wplib'), $method_name, get_class($this));
WPLib::trigger_error($message, E_USER_ERROR);
}
return $value;
}
