PHP ms_newLayerObj vs SWIG layerObj

[Sean Gillies]

On Sep 23, 2004, at 2:24 PM, Ryan, Adam wrote:

> Am I missing something simple?
>
> In PHP I'm able to take a layer from one map and add it to another map
> using
>
> ms_newLayerObj($map_object,$layer_object_from_another_map);
>
> Is there a way to do this with SWIG mapscript.  The layerObj method
> takes
> only one argument - the map.  Is there a clone() for layers or
> something
> like that?
>
> Adam

Adam,

Not in the 4.2 version.  In the 4.4 release, you'll be able to by using
mapObj::insertLayer which adds a copy of any layer to the map.  If you
want layerObj::clone in the next version, submit a request in Bugzilla
and I'll get around to it.

Sean

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