Make $settings public

[kevinruscoe]

Hello, I need a way to access Layout names (before registration), but I can't seem to find an api to get them. It seems the name and label are both passed to settings, but I can't access settings because it's protected.

Would it be possible to either make $settings public; or add some public methods to get a fields name or label?

[vinkla]

I would be open to adding $name and $label properties to the field class if this helps with #157. Making $settings public could introduce side effects and increase the likelihood of mistakes. In the future, using property hooks may help with this.

[fiskhandlarn]

a solution right now for @kevinruscoe could maybe be to extend the Layout class and write custom getters for name/label?

[kaelansmith]

I'm also in need of access to the $name and $label properties, among other settings. I have used ReflectionClass in the past:

$property = (new \ReflectionClass($field))->getProperty('settings');
$property->setAccessible(true);
$settings = $field->settings;

@vinkla and I have talked about this in the past on PR #139, and concluded not to add a getter method to make $settings accessible. But I think php 8.4's Asymmetric Property Visibility addresses the concerns that prevented that PR from merging; eg. protected array $settings; becomes public protected(set) array $settings; -- this makes $settings public for the "read" scope while keeping it protected for the "set" scope.