Modern PHP 8.x & Internals
5-8 Years (Senior)
Medium
Production Scenario
How do Readonly Classes in PHP 8.2+ enforce immutability in Domain-Driven Design (DDD) Data Transfer Objects (DTOs)?
Real-World Scenario / Incident Description
Designing an immutable Value Object for financial ledger entries that prevents any property mutations once instantiated.
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PHP 8.2 Readonly Classes
Marking a class readonly automatically enforces that all declared properties are readonly and prevents dynamic property creation:
readonly class TransferLedgerDTO
{
public function __construct(
public string $transactionId,
public int $amountCents,
public string $currency,
public DateTimeImmutable $timestamp
) {}
}
Related Concepts:
#Readonly Classes
#DDD
#Immutability
#PHP 8.2
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