Re: New handler for retrieving properties when object is serialized

On 27 July 2013 15:58, Jakub Zelenka <bukka@php.net> wrote: >> >> > Alternatively, could the problem perhaps be mitigated by making >> > available some utility functions for serializing native types? >> >> We could definitely make some parts of serializer API-accessible, or >> even make serializer as a whole to be more API-friendly, I think it'd be >> a nice idea if making implementing Serializable would be made easy by >> reusing serializer code and combining pieces. If now it's hard making it >> easier definitely a good idea, much better than creating one more API IMHO. >> > > I was thinking about that and it could actually be done in a way that would > resolve the problem. I have just created RFC that specify the API. > > https://wiki.php.net/rfc/internal_serialize_api > > It's backward compatible and allow portable object generation in more > abstract way. What's about unserialization? Where does the state come from when recursively calling serialize? -- Regards, Mike