Re: Suggest new operator like with in c#

On Wed, Feb 4, 2026, at 9:50 AM, Ivan Borzenkov wrote: > Hello > > As i read in https://wiki.php.net/rfc/howto write here > “concept”. > > For fill dto and other same objects need assign to many fields of on > object, before properties was be use return $this  in setters and code > loos like this > > $item >     ->setType(Item::TYPE_CLOUT) >     ->setProduct($product) >     ->setPrice($price) > > and it was single operator, but it not work with simple property or > get-set function need write > > $item->type = Item::TYPE_CLOUT; > $item->product = $product; > $item->price = $price; > > suggest add operator like with in c# which do action and back context > back and use for example :> > same assign will be look like this > > $item >     :>type = Item::TYPE_CLOUT >     :>product = $product >     :>price = $price > ; These days, such objects usually have promoted properties in their constructor, and we have named arguments, which allows this already: readonly class Item { public function __construct( public int $type, public Product $product, public float $price, ) {} } $item = new Item( type: Item::TYPE_CLOUT, product: $product, price: $price ); In what way is that insufficient? True it only works on the constructor, but commonly such objects are only assigned to in the constructor. --Larry Garfield