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[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) 4. / 5. spatie/php-cloneable ActiveLibrary[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) spatie/php-cloneable ==================== A trait that allows you to clone readonly properties in PHP 8.1 1.0.2(2y ago)971.2M↑23.3%811MITPHPPHP ^8.1CI passing Since Nov 15Pushed 8mo ago3 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/spatie/php-cloneable)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/spatie/php-cloneable)[ Docs](https://github.com/spatie/php-cloneable)[ GitHub Sponsors](https://github.com/spatie)[ RSS](/packages/spatie-php-cloneable/feed)WikiDiscussions main Synced 1mo ago READMEChangelog (3)Dependencies (3)Versions (4)Used By (11) A trait that allows you to clone readonly properties in PHP 8.1 =============================================================== [](#a-trait-that-allows-you-to-clone-readonly-properties-in-php-81) [![Latest Version on Packagist](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/55c010afab8b5262af9a8ab3887ddda03ff464d1e97e56a6c43c7a6d5f894278/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7061636b61676973742f762f7370617469652f7068702d636c6f6e6561626c652e7376673f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](https://packagist.org/packages/spatie/php-cloneable)[![GitHub Tests Action Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/76b095a53c49493a860d84bc93add26f22c5978cee4b2dd7e7aba1e3a363dbb7/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f6769746875622f616374696f6e732f776f726b666c6f772f7374617475732f7370617469652f7068702d636c6f6e6561626c652f72756e2d74657374732e796d6c3f6c6162656c3d7465737473266272616e63683d6d61696e)](https://github.com/spatie/php-cloneable/actions?query=workflow%3ATests+branch%3Amaster)[![GitHub Code Style Action Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/08d9d601d60cc7c3ef87ca256a787071cd7bf553d626c8224ec669ce8edfb87a/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f6769746875622f616374696f6e732f776f726b666c6f772f7374617475732f7370617469652f7068702d636c6f6e6561626c652f7068702d63732d66697865722e796d6c3f6c6162656c3d636f64652532307374796c65266272616e63683d6d61696e)](https://github.com/spatie/php-cloneable/actions?query=workflow%3A%22Check+%26+fix+styling%22+branch%3Amaster)[![Total Downloads](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/d15969fd1492146dabb82a73bad8f0322c7ab29ea8a2eebdb28439a156a1248a/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7061636b61676973742f64742f7370617469652f7068702d636c6f6e6561626c652e7376673f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](https://packagist.org/packages/spatie/php-cloneable) This package provides a trait that allows you to clone objects with readonly properties in PHP 8.1. 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Installation ------------ [](#installation) You can install the package via composer: ``` composer require spatie/php-cloneable ``` Usage ----- [](#usage) In PHP 8.1, readonly properties aren't allowed to be overridden as soon as they are initialized. That also means that cloning an object and changing one of its readonly properties isn't allowed. It's likely that PHP will get some kind of `clone with` functionality in the future, but for now you can work around this issue by using this package. ``` class Post { use Cloneable; public readonly string $title; public readonly string $author; public function __construct(string $title, string $author) { $this->title = $title; $this->author = $author; } } ``` The `Spatie\Cloneable\Cloneable` adds a `with` method to whatever class you want to be cloneable, which you can pass one or more parameters. Note that you're required to use named arguments. ``` $postA = new Post(title: 'a', author: 'Brent'); $postB = $postA->with(title: 'b'); $postC = $postA->with(title: 'c', author: 'Freek'); ``` A common practice would be to implement specific `with*` methods on the classes themselves: ``` class Post { // … public function withTitle(string $title): self { return $this->with(title: $title); } public function withAuthor(string $author): self { return $this->with(author: $author); } } ``` ### Caveats [](#caveats) - This package will skip calling the constructor when cloning an object, meaning any logic in the constructor won't be executed. - The `with` method will do a shallow clone, meaning that nested objects aren't cloned as well. Testing ------- [](#testing) ``` composer test ``` Changelog --------- [](#changelog) Please see [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md) for more information on what has changed recently. Contributing ------------ [](#contributing) Please see [CONTRIBUTING](https://github.com/spatie/.github/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md) for details. Security Vulnerabilities ------------------------ [](#security-vulnerabilities) Please review [our security policy](../../security/policy) on how to report security vulnerabilities. Credits ------- [](#credits) - [Brent Roose](https://github.com/brendt_gd) - [All Contributors](../../contributors) License ------- [](#license) The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](LICENSE.md) for more information. ### Health Score 50 — FairBetter than 96% of packages Maintenance43 Moderate activity, may be stable Popularity54 Moderate usage in the ecosystem Community30 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity61 Established project with proven stability Bus Factor2 2 contributors hold 50%+ of commits How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. 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