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Extends

Returns an instance of the given class without directly instantiating it. Inspired by the work of Sebastian Bergmann on the PHP Object Freezer project.

Parameters

string $class The name of the class to return an instance of.

Returns

object Returns an instance of the object given by `$class` without calling that class' constructor.

Links

Freezing and Thawing PHP Objects

Source

						protected static function _class($class) {
		if (!class_exists($class)) {
			throw new RuntimeException(sprintf('Class `%s` could not be found.', $class));
		}
		return unserialize(sprintf('O:%d:"%s":0:{}', strlen($class), $class));
	}