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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Suggest new operator like with in c#
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From: larry@garfieldtech.com ("Larry Garfield")

On Wed, Feb 4, 2026, at 9:50 AM, Ivan Borzenkov wrote:
> Hello
>
> As i read in https://wiki.php.net/rfc/howto write here =E2=80=9Cconcep=
t=E2=80=9D.
>
> For fill dto and other same objects need assign to many fields of on=20
> object, before properties was be use return $this=C2=A0 in setters and=
 code=20
> loos like this
>
> $item
>  =C2=A0 =C2=A0 ->setType(Item::TYPE_CLOUT)
>  =C2=A0 =C2=A0 ->setProduct($product)
>  =C2=A0 =C2=A0 ->setPrice($price)
>
> and it was single operator, but it not work with simple property or=20
> get-set function need write
>
> $item->type =3D Item::TYPE_CLOUT;
> $item->product =3D $product;
> $item->price =3D $price;
>
> suggest add operator like with in c# which do action and back context=20
> back and use for example :>
> same assign will be look like this
>
> $item
>  =C2=A0 =C2=A0 :>type =3D Item::TYPE_CLOUT
>  =C2=A0 =C2=A0 :>product =3D $product
>  =C2=A0 =C2=A0 :>price =3D $price
> ;

These days, such objects usually have promoted properties in their const=
ructor, and we have named arguments, which allows this already:

readonly class Item {
  public function __construct(
    public int $type,
    public Product $product,
    public float $price,
  ) {}
}

$item =3D new Item(
  type: Item::TYPE_CLOUT,=20
  product: $product,=20
  price: $price
);

In what way is that insufficient?  True it only works on the constructor=
, but commonly such objects are only assigned to in the constructor.

--Larry Garfield