Title: Message::__clone
Published: May 20, 2026

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# Message::__clone()

## In this article

 * [Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-messages-dto-message/__clone/?output_format=md#description)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-messages-dto-message/__clone/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-messages-dto-message/__clone/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Performs a deep clone of the message.

## 󠀁[Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-messages-dto-message/__clone/?output_format=md#description)󠁿

This method ensures that message part objects are cloned to prevent modifications
to the cloned message from affecting the original.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-messages-dto-message/__clone/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    public function __clone()
    {
        $clonedParts = [];
        foreach ($this->parts as $part) {
            $clonedParts[] = clone $part;
        }
        $this->parts = $clonedParts;
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/php-ai-client/src/messages/dto/message.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-includes/php-ai-client/src/Messages/DTO/Message.php#L165)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-includes/php-ai-client/src/Messages/DTO/Message.php#L165-L172)

## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-messages-dto-message/__clone/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [0.4.2](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/0.4.2/) | Introduced. |

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