Bug #77872 [NEW]: private/protected __serialize/__unserialize triggers a warning

From: nicolas dot grekas+php at gmail dot com Operating system: PHP version: Next Minor Version Package: *General Issues Bug Type: Bug Bug description:private/protected __serialize/__unserialize triggers a warning Description: ------------ When the new __serialize/__unserialize method are made protected or private, a warning is thrown. Throwing an Error might be better. Test script: --------------- class foo { private function __serialize() { return [123]; } public function __unserialize($a) { } } $f = new foo(); $s = serialize($f); Expected result: ---------------- "Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to private method foo::__serialize()" or similar Actual result: -------------- Warning: Invalid callback foo::__serialize, cannot access private method foo::__serialize() in /var/www/html/test.php on line 22 -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=77872&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77872&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77872&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77872&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77872&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77872&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77872&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77872&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77872&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77872&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77872&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77872&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77872&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77872&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77872&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77872&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77872&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77872&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77872&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77872&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77872&r=mysqlcfg