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Subject: ReflectionClass::newInstanceWithoutConstructor()
From: sebastian@php.net (Sebastian Bergmann)

  I have attached a patch to https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=55490 that
  implements ReflectionClass::newInstanceWithoutConstructor() to create an
  object a class without invoking the constructor.

  As there are certain internal classes that would "crash" when their
  constructor is not invoked, this new method of the Reflection API only
  works for userland-defined classes.

  Unless there are objections, I will commit this change to PHP_5_4 and
  trunk on Monday. I will add the method to the documentation as well, of
  course.

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Sebastian Bergmann                    Co-Founder and Principal Consultant
http://sebastian-bergmann.de/                           http://thePHP.cc/