Type casting for user defined objects

Question

Just like we do with __ToString, is there a way to define a method for casting?

$obj = (MyClass) $another_class_obj;

Answer 1

If casting for type hinting is all you're after, this works.

if( is_object($dum_class_u_want) && $dum_class_u_want instanceof ClassYouWant )
{
    // type hints working now
    $dum_class_u_want->is_smart_now();
}

Yep.