Req #70414 [NEW]: FR: support to clone() keyword

From: david dot proweb at gmail dot com Operating system: PHP version: Next Minor Version Package: PHP Language Specification Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description:FR: support to clone() keyword Description: ------------ It should works exactly like the clone, but with some features. // Usage. clone($user)->find(1); // Currently (too verbose): $userClone = clone $user; $userClone = $userClone->find(1); // __clone() reinforcement: callback that can // - get/set private/protected attributes or // call private/protected methods. clone($user, function ($baseObject) use ($externalData) { $this->privateAttribute = $baseObject->privateAttribute + $externalData; }); Signature (pseudo-code): function clone ($object, callable $callback = null) { assert(is_object($object)); if (!$callback) return clone $object; // __clone() is called here. $clone = clone $object; // Pass $clone as $this, and $object as first parameter. // Before call(), __clone() is called. $callback->call($clone, $object); return $clone; } -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=70414&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70414&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70414&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70414&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70414&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70414&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70414&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70414&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70414&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70414&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70414&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70414&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70414&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70414&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70414&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70414&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70414&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70414&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70414&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70414&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70414&r=mysqlcfg