Something like:
class TestClass {
private $var1;
private $var2;
private function TestClass($var1, $var2){
$this->var1 = $var1;
$this->var2 = $var2;
}
public static function create($var1, $var2){
if (is_numeric($var1)){
return new TestClass($var1, $var2);
}
else return NULL;
}
}
$myArray = array();
$myArray[] = TestClass::create(15, "asdf");
$myArray[] = TestClass::create(20, "asdfa");
$myArray[] = TestClass::create("a", "abcd");
print_r($myArray);
$myArray = array_filter($myArray, function($e){ return !is_null($e);});
print_r($myArray);
I think that there are situations where this constructions are preferable to arrays. You can move all the checking logic to the class.
Here, before the call to array_filter $myArray has 3 elements. Two correct objects and a NULL. After the call, only the 2 correct elements persist.