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Subject: Proposal for developers
From: mvcbox.org@gmail.com (Mvc Box)

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I apologize for my bad English, I used Google translate.

I would propose developers to add the ability to use the classes in the
type conversion, adding in class a new magical method, for example,
__converting()

For example:

<?php

class ClassName
{
    private $myProperty;

    public function __construct($value)
    {
        $this->myProperty = $value;
    }

    public function show()
    {
        echo $this->myProperty;
    }

    // magical method
    public function __converting($value)
    {
        return new self($value);
    }
}

// Example of use

$value = 123;
$value = (ClassName)$value;
$value->show(); // Result: 123
?>


Similarly, for the classes in the namespace:

<?php
/*
A class declaration in namespace: MyNamespace\ClassName
*/

$value = 123;
$value = (MyNamespace\ClassName)$value; // Or $value =
(\MyNamespace\ClassName)$value;
$value->show(); // Result: 123
?>

Thank you for your attention.

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