How to clone an array of objects in PHP?

Question

I have an array of objects. I know that objects get assigned by \"reference\" and arrays by \"value\". But when I assign the array, each element of the array is referencing

Answer 1

Just include this function in all of your classes. This will do a deep clone of all objects in case if you have arrays of objects within the object itself. It will trigger all of the __clone() functions in these classes:

/**
 * Clone the object and its properties
 */
public function __clone()
{
    foreach ($this as $key => $property)
    {
        if(is_array($property))
        {
            foreach ($property as $i => $o)
            {
                if(is_object($o)) $this->$key[$i] = clone $o;
                else $this->$key[$i] = $o;
            }
        }
        else if(is_object($property)) $this->$key = clone $property;
        else $this->$key = $property;
    }
}