PHP Server-side typing of returned object

Question

My PHP service returns an object. Is server-side typing of it's properties possible?

Answer 1

I know I'm late to the party, but in case it helps anyone else:
Despite being a PHP developer, I use iweb occasionally when I need something that looks good, fast!
however, not being able to use simple php scripts was a pain until I discovered that it's possible to make apache parse php within files with a .html extension.
This means that you don't have to change all your filenames to .php and you don't have to mess around every time you change something in iweb and republish.
You need to add a couple of lines as a directive to your apache config file. (You can also use a .htaccess file if you prefer, but I'd rather have a bunch of directives in the config file).
<Directory "/var/www/html/youriwebdirectory/">
AddType application/x-httpd-php .html
php_value shortopentag 0
</Directory>
The "addtype" directive tells php to parse html files for php code. You probably wouldn't want this for your whole server, so it's good to be able to do it only for the required directory where you have your iweb site.
The line "php_value shortopentag 0" may or may not be needed for you. If you have php set up to use short opening tags ( <? instead of <?php ) then this will cause a problem when you tell php to parse all the .html files made by iweb, as they have an XML declaration as the first line, which begins <?xml...
When you've done this, restart apache and you can then place php in your pages as an html snippet.
Of course, this only applies to apache on Linux, I have no clue what you'd do on a Windows box, or using a different webserver, but it worked for me, so it may help someone else :o)