Is it good idea to clone cakephp model objects?

Question

How can I use cake's model object for me to be able to do this in a controller:

$User1->doThis();
$User2->doThis();

$User1 and $User2 are the clones of the User Model.

Are there any unforeseen consequences if I keep cloning model objects?

Are there better ways? I just find it a bit difficult to go back and forth to work with different entities on the same model object.

Thanks.

Answer 1

Probably not a good idea. I can't back this up with experiments, this is just my gut feeling. It just seems like a bad idea.

You do have to ask yourself: is this really something not solvable by other means? A simple for(each) loop? Custom methods in the model? Refactoring?