--TEST-- Test that readonly properties cannot be reassigned by invoking the __clone() method directly --FILE-- bar = 1; } } $foo = new Foo(0); var_dump($foo); try { $foo->__clone(); } catch (Error $e) { echo $e->getMessage() . "\n"; } try { $foo->__clone(); } catch (Error $e) { echo $e->getMessage() . "\n"; } var_dump($foo); ?> --EXPECTF-- object(Foo)#%d (%d) { ["bar"]=> int(0) } Cannot modify readonly property Foo::$bar Cannot modify readonly property Foo::$bar object(Foo)#%d (%d) { ["bar"]=> int(0) }