Instantiate a child class object as a copy of an already instantiated parent class object?

[echochamber]

I was wondering if this could be done using the __clone magic method or something similar.

[kicken]

Your going to need to be a bit more specific on what you want to do. __clone and the clone keyword are for creating duplicates of an object, but both are still the same class. If you want a difference class you'd need to write your own method to achieve that.

[echochamber]

Your going to need to be a bit more specific on what you want to do. __clone and the clone keyword are for creating duplicates of an object, but both are still the same class. If you want a difference class you'd need to write your own method to achieve that.

 

Ok, that answered my question. Thank you.

[tobimichigan]

Now why in world would you want to "instantiate a child class object" as " a copy of an instantiated parent class object", ? Isn't that clumsy ? or repeatitive?