use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping as ORM; /** * @ORM\Entity() */ class User { /** * @ORM\Id() * @ORM\Column(type="integer") * @ORM\GeneratedValue(strategy="AUTO") */ protected $id; /** * @ORM\Column(type="string") */ protected $name; /** * @ORM\Column(type="string") */ protected $email; public static function hydrate(array $data) { $user = new self(); $user->name = $data['name']; $user->email = $data['email']; return $user; } } $userData = [ 'name' => 'John Doe', 'email' => 'johndoe@example.com', ]; $user = User::hydrate($userData);In this example, the `hydrate` static method is used to create a new User object and populate it with data from an array, without calling the class constructor. This example uses the Doctrine ORM library to simplify database operations. The `User` class defines the database columns using annotations, and the `hydrate` method is responsible for populating the object properties with data from an array. Other PHP libraries that provide static hydrate functionality include Symfony Serializer and Laravel Eloquent.