#33892 [NEW]: serialize contains invalid chars

From: marcos dot neves at gmail dot com Operating system: any PHP version: 5.1.0b3 PHP Bug Type: Unknown/Other Function Bug description: serialize contains invalid chars Description: ------------ serialized string returned by serialize, contains invalid chars only when serializing an object with protected or private properties. Reproduce code: --------------- <? class Foo { protected $bar = 123; //public $bar = 123; } $f = new Foo(); echo serialize($f); ?> Expected result: ---------------- comment protected and uncomment public and the right result is given: [[O:3:"Foo":1:{s:3:"bar";i:123;}]] Actual result: -------------- [[O:3:"Foo":1:{s:6:" wich means: [[O:3:"Foo":1:{s:6:"NULL*NULLbar";i:123;}]] where NULL is the char \0 -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=33892&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33892&r=trysnapshot4 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33892&r=trysnapshot50 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.1): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33892&r=trysnapshot51 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33892&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33892&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33892&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33892&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33892&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33892&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33892&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33892&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33892&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33892&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33892&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33892&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33892&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33892&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33892&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33892&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33892&r=mysqlcfg