In simple words 'object cloning' can be defined as copying the object property and assigning to a different object. But when we copy an object then it only owns the reference, not the value. In PHP this is done by two method- 1) By using clone Keyword- In this, a shallow copy of the object is made. It means the internal object of the objectA is not cloned to the internal object of objectB. class CloneableClass { private $_internalObject ; public function __construct () { // instantiate the internal member $this -> _internalObject = new stdClass (); } } $objectA = new CloneableClass (); $objectB = clone $objectA ; 2) By using __clone() method- if your object holds a reference to another object which it uses and when you replicate the parent object you want to create a new instance of this other object so that the replica has its own separate copy. In this the magic method __clone() is...
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