mock table data

I got tired for looking at multidimensional arrays when writing lots of mock table data.

$orders = array(
    array('email' => 'shaunxcode@gmail.com', 'firstname' => 'shaun', 'lastname' => 'gilchrist', 'street' => '555 north 800 east', 'city' => 'Orem', 'state' => 'UT', 'zip' => '84097', 'country' => 'USA', 'phone' => '801-222-5555'),
    array('email' => 'peter@gmail.com', 'firstname' => 'peter', 'lastname' => 'jensen', 'street' => '5555 windsor street', 'city' => 'Salt Lake City', 'state' => 'UT', 'zip' => '84105', 'country' => 'USA', 'phone' => '801-555-0445'));

$orders = Voltron_Test::MockTable("
 email                | firstname | lastname  | street              | city           | state | zip   | country | phone
 shaunxcode@gmail.com | shaun     | gilchrist | 555 north 800 east  | Orem           | UT    | 84097 | USA     | 801-222-5555
 peter@gmail.com      | peter     | jensen    | 5555 windsor street | Salt Lake City | UT    | 84105 | USA     | 801-555-0445
");

#relevant Volron_Test::MockTable method

public static function MockTable($data) 
{
 $rows = array();
 foreach(explode("\n", $data) as $row) {
  if(empty($row)) {
   continue;
  }
  $row = array_map('trim', explode('|', $row));
  if(!isset($cols)) {
   $cols = $row; 
   continue;
  }
  $rows[] = array_combine($cols, $row);
 }
 return $rows;
}

instantiating object inline via __callStatic

This is a nice hack for instantiating objects inline via php 5.3 __callStatic. What I dig about it v.s. the newObject('ClassName') is that a) You can pass in arbitrary constructors, w/ newObject it only supported the case of there being a single param to constructor i.e. newObject('ClassName', $x)->otherFunc($y) can now be N::ClassName($x)->otherFunc($y). I think I like the fact the class can be a "bare word" and that any number of constructors can be passed thus legacy classes etc. which may require arbitrary arguments can also be used.

class Test {
        public function __construct($name, $age)
        {
                echo "Name: $name and Age: $age passed to constructor\n";
        }
}

class N {
        public static function __callStatic($className, $args)
        {
                $class = new ReflectionClass($className);
                return $class->newInstanceArgs($args);
        }
}

N::Test('some name', 300);