Re: JsonSerializable New Interface method Proposal

> On Jul 13, 2015, at 1:56 PM, Dean Eigenmann <dean.eigenmann@icloud.com> wrote: > > I have updated the RFC with a new section showing the updates > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On 13 Jul 2015, at 20:47, Benjamin Eberlei <kontakt@beberlei.de> wrote: >> >> On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 3:22 PM, Dean Eigenmann <dean.eigenmann@icloud.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Ive just opened a new RFC >>> https://wiki.php.net/rfc/jsonserializable regarding >>> Json to Object unserialization. >> >> The approach with typecasting will not work, because the function >> json_decode doesn't have that information. >> >> Instead something like the JMS Serializer api is probably necessary: $user >> = json_decode($data, 'User'); >> >> I agree with Guilherme that we need a second interface for this, especially >> because changing the existing one would be a BC break. > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > What are the advantages of the proposed functionality versus writing a static constructor? Writing $user = json_decode_to_class($json, User::class); doesn’t seem to offer anything over $user = User::fromJson($json);. In my opinion, it seems less obvious what is happening in the former case and the latter case requires no additional functions or modification to the engine. Regards, Aaron