note 92379 added to language.types.object

If having class BugDetails extends Bug you want to cast an object of a Bug to BugDetails like this <?php $clone = (BugDetails) clone $this; // OR $clone = (BugDetails) $bug; ?> which doesn't work in PHP, you have two options: 1. Copying all (including private) properties manually (you could also use get_object_vars(), but this is shorter): <?php $clone = new BugDetails(); foreach ($this as $key => $val) { $clone->$key = $val; } ?> 2. Serialize an object Bug, manipulate the resulting string so that it has BugDetails inside and unserialize it. See here: http://blog.adaniels.nl/articles/a-dark-corner-of-php-class-casting/ Spent two hours looking for more elegant solution, that's my findings. ---- Server IP: 217.13.201.10 Probable Submitter: 84.233.202.2 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.types.object.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/92379 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/92379/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/92379/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/92379/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/92379/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/92379/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/92379/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/92379 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/92379 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php