Close #55490.

Author: sebastianbergmann

NEWS

@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ PHP                                                                        NEWS
 - Improved NSAPI SAPI: (Uwe Schindler)
   . Don't set $_SERVER['HTTPS'] on unsecure connection (bug #55403).
 
+- Improved Reflection extension:
+  . Added ReflectionClass::newInstanceWithoutConstructor() to create a new
+    instance of a class without invoking its constructor. FR #55490. (Sebastian)
+
 04 Aug 2011, PHP 5.4.0 Alpha 3
 - Added features:
  . Short array syntax, see UPGRADING guide for full details (rsky0711 at gmail 

ext/reflection/php_reflection.c

@@ -4129,6 +4129,25 @@ ZEND_METHOD(reflection_class, newInstance)
 }
 /* }}} */
 
+/* {{{ proto public stdclass ReflectionClass::newInstanceWithoutConstructor()
+   Returns an instance of this class without invoking its constructor */
+ZEND_METHOD(reflection_class, newInstanceWithoutConstructor)
+{
+	zval *retval_ptr = NULL;
+	reflection_object *intern;
+	zend_class_entry *ce;
+
+	METHOD_NOTSTATIC(reflection_class_ptr);
+	GET_REFLECTION_OBJECT_PTR(ce);
+
+	if (ce->create_object != NULL) {
+		zend_throw_exception_ex(reflection_exception_ptr, 0 TSRMLS_CC, "Class %s is an internal class that cannot be instantiated without invoking its constructor", ce->name);
+	}
+
+	object_init_ex(return_value, ce);
+}
+/* }}} */
+
 /* {{{ proto public stdclass ReflectionClass::newInstanceArgs([array args])
    Returns an instance of this class */
 ZEND_METHOD(reflection_class, newInstanceArgs)
@@ -5694,6 +5713,9 @@ ZEND_BEGIN_ARG_INFO(arginfo_reflection_class_newInstance, 0)
 	ZEND_ARG_INFO(0, args)
 ZEND_END_ARG_INFO()
 
+ZEND_BEGIN_ARG_INFO(arginfo_reflection_class_newInstanceWithoutConstructor, 0)
+ZEND_END_ARG_INFO()
+
 ZEND_BEGIN_ARG_INFO_EX(arginfo_reflection_class_newInstanceArgs, 0, 0, 0)
 	ZEND_ARG_ARRAY_INFO(0, args, 0)
 ZEND_END_ARG_INFO()
@@ -5742,6 +5764,7 @@ static const zend_function_entry reflection_class_functions[] = {
 	ZEND_ME(reflection_class, getModifiers, arginfo_reflection__void, 0)
 	ZEND_ME(reflection_class, isInstance, arginfo_reflection_class_isInstance, 0)
 	ZEND_ME(reflection_class, newInstance, arginfo_reflection_class_newInstance, 0)
+	ZEND_ME(reflection_class, newInstanceWithoutConstructor, arginfo_reflection_class_newInstanceWithoutConstructor, 0)
 	ZEND_ME(reflection_class, newInstanceArgs, arginfo_reflection_class_newInstanceArgs, 0)
 	ZEND_ME(reflection_class, getParentClass, arginfo_reflection__void, 0)
 	ZEND_ME(reflection_class, isSubclassOf, arginfo_reflection_class_isSubclassOf, 0)

ext/reflection/tests/ReflectionClass_newInstanceWithoutConstructor.phpt

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+--TEST--
+ReflectionClass::newInstanceWithoutConstructor()
+--CREDITS--
+Sebastian Bergmann <sebastian@php.net>
+--FILE--
+<?php
+class Foo
+{
+    public function __construct()
+    {
+        print __METHOD__;
+    }
+}
+
+$class = new ReflectionClass('Foo');
+var_dump($class->newInstanceWithoutConstructor());
+
+$class = new ReflectionClass('StdClass');
+var_dump($class->newInstanceWithoutConstructor());
+
+$class = new ReflectionClass('DateTime');
+var_dump($class->newInstanceWithoutConstructor());
+--EXPECTF--
+object(Foo)#%d (0) {
+}
+object(stdClass)#%d (0) {
+}
+
+Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'ReflectionException' with message 'Class DateTime is an internal class that cannot be instantiated without invoking its constructor' in %s/tests/ReflectionClass_newInstanceWithoutConstructor.php:%d
+Stack trace:
+#0 %s/ReflectionClass_newInstanceWithoutConstructor.php(%d): ReflectionClass->newInstanceWithoutConstructor()
+#1 {main}
+  thrown in %s/ReflectionClass_newInstanceWithoutConstructor.php on line %d

ext/reflection/tests/ReflectionClass_toString_001.phpt

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ Class [ <internal:Reflection> class ReflectionClass implements Reflector ] {
     Property [ <default> public $name ]
   }
 
-  - Methods [48] {
+  - Methods [49] {
     Method [ <internal:Reflection> final private method __clone ] {
 
       - Parameters [0] {
@@ -250,6 +250,12 @@ Class [ <internal:Reflection> class ReflectionClass implements Reflector ] {
       }
     }
 
+    Method [ <internal:Reflection> public method newInstanceWithoutConstructor ] {
+
+      - Parameters [0] {
+      }
+    }
+
     Method [ <internal:Reflection> public method newInstanceArgs ] {
 
       - Parameters [1] {