Doc #62775 [NEW]: Not documented and confusing: __clone()

From: olivier dot pons at gmail dot com Operating system: Linux PHP version: Irrelevant Package: Documentation problem Bug Type: Documentation Problem Bug description:Not documented and confusing: __clone() Description: ------------ What is confusing (and is not documented yet) is that when you're in the "__clone" function the left operand concerns the destination (= new object) and the right operand concerns the source (= object to be cloned) _and_ you still use "$this"! Sample: public function __clone() { $this->myObj = clone $this->myObj; } It's confusing: assigning $this->variable to $this->variable. Test script: --------------- public function __clone() { $this->myObj = clone $this->myObj; } Expected result: ---------------- A note in http://php.net/clone section. Actual result: -------------- Not documented yet. -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=62775&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62775&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62775&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62775&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62775&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62775&r=needdocs Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62775&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62775&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62775&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62775&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62775&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62775&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62775&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62775&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62775&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62775&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62775&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62775&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62775&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62775&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62775&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62775&r=mysqlcfg