PHP
Use property hooks in PHP 8.4 to compute and validate without getter methods
app/Models/User.php
phpclass User
{
public function __construct(
private string $first,
private string $last,
) {}
public string $fullName {
get => "{$this->first} {$this->last}";
}
public string $email {
set => strtolower(trim($value));
}
}PHP 8.4 lets a property define `get`/`set` hooks inline, so computed and validated values no longer need a separate method plus a differently-named backing field. Callers read `$user->fullName` like a normal property; the hook runs on access. A `set` hook can normalize or guard writes. This removes a whole class of getter/setter boilerplate and keeps the public API property-shaped instead of method-shaped.
php8.4ooppropertiesclean-code