ID: 47345
User updated by: alt dot e-mail at gmx dot de
Reported By: alt dot e-mail at gmx dot de
Status: Open
Bug Type: Feature/Change Request
Operating System: Irrelevant
PHP Version: 5.3.0beta1
New Comment:
Addendum:
The code for my suggestion should really be:
$newColors = array();
foreach ( $colors as $color ) {
try { $newColors[] = clone $color; }
// do nothing, error in __clone-method or whatever
catch ( MySomethingException $e ) {}
// Not an object, can't be cloned, "TypeException" would be
// the exception PHP throws for non-clonables.
// Really do not care what that name is, just that there is one.
catch ( TypeException $e ) { $newColors[] = $color; }
}
Previous Comments:
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[2009-02-09 09:27:01] alt dot e-mail at gmx dot de
Description:
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Since v5.2.5, cloning a non-object results in a fatal error. In my
opinion that is the wrong behaviour!
It's not really a fatal error (as in DEATH, CORE-DUMP,
END-OF-THE-WORLD) to clone a non-object. It's really just an exception
(as in OOPS, HELP?, DO-WHAT-NOW?), that should be user-catchable.
A practical example:
I have an array where the values are strings or objects that can be
cast to string with "__toString". If I want to create a copy of that
array, I also need to clone the objects.
Reproduce code:
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<?php
class Color {
// assume their values are between 0.0 and 1.0
private $r, $g, $b;
public function toString() {
return sprintf("#%02X%02X%02X",
(int)$this->r*255, (int)$this->g*255, (int)$this->b*255);
}
}
// somewhere in your code you create an array of colors
$colors = array(
"#FFF000", new Color( 0, 0, 1 ), // and many more
);
// somewhere else you want to copy that array
// this is the current way
$newColors = array();
foreach ( $colors as $color ) {
if ( is_object( $color ) {
try { $newColors[] = clone $color; }
// do nothing, error in __clone-method or whatever
catch ( MySomethingException $e ) {}
}
else { $newColors[] = $color; }
}
// this is the way it should be
$newColors = array();
foreach ( $colors as $color ) {
try { $newColors[] = clone $color; }
catch ( TypeException/*or something*/ $e ) { $newColors[] = $color;
}
}
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