Req #10863 [Opn->Bgs]: serialize/unserialize doesn't handle references

Edit report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=10863&edit=1 ID: 10863 Updated by: jani@php.net Reported by: tom dot hurst at clara dot net Summary: serialize/unserialize doesn't handle references -Status: Open +Status: Bogus Type: Feature/Change Request -Package: Feature/Change Request +Package: *General Issues Operating System: Debian 2.3 PHP Version: 4.0 Latest CVS (2001-05-14) Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Too much magic plus impossible. If you have references to external variables, where would the information on those come from when you unserialize the data? Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2001-05-14 18:51:55] tom dot hurst at clara dot net In parsing a template in my template class I use references to strings inside the same array to improve performance. It would be nice to be able to serialize this and cache the parsetree to save reparsing. I can think of cases where restoring references to external variables would be handy too. If not, maybe this should be documented? Or a warning raised at (say) level E_NOTICE if the object couldn't be fully serialized? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=10863&edit=1