<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <title>Casting</title> </head> <body><div class="manualnavbar" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="prev" style="text-align: left; float: left;"><a href="reference.componere.html">Componere Functions</a></div> <div class="next" style="text-align: right; float: right;"><a href="componere.cast_by_ref.html">Componere\cast_by_ref</a></div> <div class="up"><a href="reference.componere.html">Componere Functions</a></div> <div class="home"><a href="index.html">PHP Manual</a></div> </div><hr /><div id="componere.cast" class="refentry"> <div class="refnamediv"> <h1 class="refname">Componere\cast</h1> <p class="verinfo">(Componere 2 >= 2.1.2)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">Componere\cast</span> — <span class="dc-title">Casting</span></p> </div> <div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-componere.cast-description"> <h3 class="title">Description</h3> <div class="methodsynopsis dc-description"> <span class="type"><span class="type Type">Type</span></span> <span class="methodname"><strong>Componere\cast</strong></span> ( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type"><span class="type Type">Type</span></span> <code class="parameter">$type</code></span> , <span class="methodparam"> <code class="parameter">$object</code></span> )</div> </div> <div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-componere.cast-parameters"> <h3 class="title">Parameters</h3> <dl> <dt> <code class="parameter">type</code></dt> <dd> <p class="para"> A user defined type </p> </dd> <dt> <code class="parameter">object</code></dt> <dd> <p class="para"> An object with a user defined type compatible with <span class="exceptionname"><strong class="exceptionname">Type</strong></span> </p> </dd> </dl> </div> <div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-componere.cast-returnvalues"> <h3 class="title">Return Values</h3> <p class="para"> An <span class="type"><a href="language.types.object.html" class="type object">object</a></span> of type <span class="exceptionname"><strong class="exceptionname">Type</strong></span>, cast from <code class="parameter">object</code> </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 exceptions" id="refsect1-componere.cast-exceptions"> <h3 class="title">Exceptions</h3> <div class="warning"><strong class="warning">Warning</strong> <p class="para"> Shall throw <span class="type"><a href="class.invalidargumentexception.html" class="type InvalidArgumentException">InvalidArgumentException</a></span> if the type of <code class="parameter">object</code> is or is derived from an internal class </p> </div> <div class="warning"><strong class="warning">Warning</strong> <p class="para"> Shall throw <span class="type"><a href="class.invalidargumentexception.html" class="type InvalidArgumentException">InvalidArgumentException</a></span> if <span class="exceptionname"><strong class="exceptionname">Type</strong></span> is an interface </p> </div> <div class="warning"><strong class="warning">Warning</strong> <p class="para"> Shall throw <span class="type"><a href="class.invalidargumentexception.html" class="type InvalidArgumentException">InvalidArgumentException</a></span> if <span class="exceptionname"><strong class="exceptionname">Type</strong></span> is a trait </p> </div> <div class="warning"><strong class="warning">Warning</strong> <p class="para"> Shall throw <span class="type"><a href="class.invalidargumentexception.html" class="type InvalidArgumentException">InvalidArgumentException</a></span> if <span class="exceptionname"><strong class="exceptionname">Type</strong></span> is an abstract </p> </div> <div class="warning"><strong class="warning">Warning</strong> <p class="para"> Shall throw <span class="type"><a href="class.invalidargumentexception.html" class="type InvalidArgumentException">InvalidArgumentException</a></span> if <span class="exceptionname"><strong class="exceptionname">Type</strong></span> is not compatible with the type of <code class="parameter">object</code> </p> </div> </div> <div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-componere.cast-seealso"> <h3 class="title">See Also</h3> <ul class="simplelist"> <li class="member"><a href="componere.cast_by_ref.html" class="xref">Componere\cast_by_ref</a></li> </ul> </div> </div><hr /><div class="manualnavbar" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="prev" style="text-align: left; float: left;"><a href="reference.componere.html">Componere Functions</a></div> <div class="next" style="text-align: right; float: right;"><a href="componere.cast_by_ref.html">Componere\cast_by_ref</a></div> <div class="up"><a href="reference.componere.html">Componere Functions</a></div> <div class="home"><a href="index.html">PHP Manual</a></div> </div></body></html>