Bug #64554 [Asn]: var_export does not export absolute namespace for classname

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=64554&edit=1 ID: 64554 Updated by: laruence@php.net Reported by: cornelius dot howl at gmail dot com Summary: var_export does not export absolute namespace for classname Status: Assigned Type: Bug Package: *General Issues Operating System: Any PHP Version: 5.4.13 -Assigned To: laruence +Assigned To: Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: change to doc bug, see: http://marc.info/?l=php-internals&m=136599465400822&w=2 Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2013-03-31 12:19:54] laruence@php.net I think similar issue also exists in serialize... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2013-03-31 09:48:23] laruence@php.net hmm, I feel this probably make sense, simply add a lead '\\' solve the problem: diff --git a/ext/standard/var.c b/ext/standard/var.c index f76a14c..67a0a72 100644 --- a/ext/standard/var.c +++ b/ext/standard/var.c @@ -485,6 +485,7 @@ PHPAPI void php_var_export_ex(zval **struc, int level, smart_str *buf TSRMLS_DC) } Z_OBJ_HANDLER(**struc, get_class_name)(*struc, &class_name, &class_name_len, 0 TSRMLS_CC); + smart_str_appendc(buf, '\\'); smart_str_appendl(buf, class_name, class_name_len); smart_str_appendl(buf, "::__set_state(array(\n", 21); but not sure the side-affect, need more testing ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2013-03-31 05:55:28] cornelius dot howl at gmail dot com Description: ------------ --- From manual page: http://www.php.net/function.var-export#refsect1-function.var- export-description --- If I defined a class "Foo\Bar\C" that implements __set_state method, then use var_export to export the php code, and put this exported code to another namespace, it will causes "class not found". because the exported class name is "Foo\Bar\C" not "\Foo\Bar\C", the class can not be found without the root namespace. :( var_export should always export the root namespace. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=64554&edit=1