php copying array elements by value, not by reference

Question

I have the following code:

$data[\'x\'] = $this->x->getResults();  

$data[\'y\'] = $data[\'x\'];

//some code here to modify $data[\'y\']
//this cause         


        

Answer 1

I just discovered that if you simply want a copy of an array of values (no references) from a constant then you can just write:

$new_array = (array) (object) self::old_array;

Not an exact answer to the OP's question but it helped me and might help someone else.