[doc-en] master: cloning: visibility applies to all properties, readonly is orthogonal (#5854)

Author: Louis-Arnaud (lacatoire) Committer: GitHub (web-flow) Pusher: lacatoire Date: 2026-09-10T20:13:11+02:00 Commit: https://github.com/php/doc-en/commit/09c650422aec6f59dca08d1c65eaa633d391a525 Raw diff: https://github.com/php/doc-en/commit/09c650422aec6f59dca08d1c65eaa633d391a525.diff cloning: visibility applies to all properties, readonly is orthogonal (#5854) Changed paths: M language/oop5/cloning.xml Diff: diff --git a/language/oop5/cloning.xml b/language/oop5/cloning.xml index 91e31b4b1551..fde59faeb549 100644 --- a/language/oop5/cloning.xml +++ b/language/oop5/cloning.xml @@ -168,10 +168,11 @@ echo (clone $dateTime)->format('Y'); <simpara> The overrides are applied after <link linkend="object.clone">__clone()</link> has run, and they honour the - visibility of the properties: a - <link linkend="language.oop5.properties.readonly-properties">readonly</link> - property can only be overridden from a scope that is allowed to write it, - which makes the function suited to methods returning a modified copy. + visibility of all properties. + <link linkend="language.oop5.properties.readonly-properties">Readonly</link> + properties can be updated on the copy even if they were already set on the + original object, which makes the function suited to methods returning a + modified copy. </simpara> <example>