Req #68061 [Opn->Csd]: DateTimeInterface::createFromInterface

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=68061&edit=1 ID: 68061 Updated by: cmb@php.net Reported by: evert at rooftopsolutions dot nl Summary: DateTimeInterface::createFromInterface -Status: Open +Status: Closed Type: Feature/Change Request Package: Date/time related Operating System: Any PHP Version: 5.6.0 -Assigned To: +Assigned To: cmb Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: DateTime::createFromInterface() and DateTimeImmutable::createFromInterface() are available as of PHP 8.0.0. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2014-09-20 01:15:54] evert at rooftopsolutions dot nl Description: ------------ I am currently in the process of migrating my codebase to PHP 5.5 I do a lot of stuff with dates, so a big thing for me is to move everything to DateTimeImmutable. What this generally implies for me is: 1. I accept DateTimeInterface everywhere. 2. I emit DateTimeImmutable everywhere. Often times I will want to work internally with DateTimeImmutable. So I really need a way to 'cast' whatever I have to DateTimeImmutable. Unfortunately we only have: DateTimeImmutable::createFromMutable This means that I'll generally always have to check if I got a DateTime or DateTimeInterface, and only call createFromMutable _if_ it's a DateTime object. No huge deal, but it would be nicer if I can always call: DateTimeMutable::createFromInterface(DateTimeInterface $dt). But one step beyond that would be, and would be even more convenient, is if DateTimeInterface got a method : getImmutable() In the case of a DateTime we would get a Immutable copy of it, in the case of DateTimeImmutable, it can just return itself. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=68061&edit=1