cast a Object to a class

Example_cast.php

<?php
 class Foo {
     public $item ;
     
     function __construct($item = '') {
         $this->item = $item;
     }
     
     public function getItem() {
         return $this->item;
     }
     
     public function setItem($item) {
          $this->item = $item;
     }

 
 }
 
 $newFoo = new Foo('test');
 
 $newTest = new stdClass();
 //je vais attribuer la meme attribut item a cette nouvelle instance de la classe stdClass
 
 $newTest->item = 'newTest';
 echo $newFoo->getItem() . "\n";
 echo $newTest->item. "\n";;
 
 //tester si $newFoo est une instance de la class Foo
 var_dump($newFoo instanceof Foo); //retrun true
 
 //tester si $newTest est une instance de la class Foo
 var_dump($newTest instanceof Foo); //retrun false
 
 //maintenant je cast la variable $newTest 
 
 $newTest = cast('Foo', $newTest);
 var_dump($newTest instanceof Foo); //return true
 //maintenant il va retourner true vu que notre instance $newTest a été convertit comme instance de la class Foo
 
 
  /*static **
 * Class casting
 *
 * @param string|object $destination
 * @param object $sourceObject
 * @return object
 */
function cast($destination, $sourceObject)
{
    if (is_string($destination)) {
        $destination = new $destination();
    }
    $sourceReflection = new ReflectionObject($sourceObject);
    $destinationReflection = new ReflectionObject($destination);
    $sourceProperties = $sourceReflection->getProperties();
    foreach ($sourceProperties as $sourceProperty) {
        $sourceProperty->setAccessible(true);
        $name = $sourceProperty->getName();
        $value = $sourceProperty->getValue($sourceObject);
        if ($destinationReflection->hasProperty($name)) {
            $propDest = $destinationReflection->getProperty($name);
            $propDest->setAccessible(true);
            $propDest->setValue($destination,$value);
        } else {
            $destination->$name = $value;
        }
    }
    return $destination;
 }