note 73345 added to language.oop.magic-functions

I just noticed the following: if you use $this inside __sleep, it does not change the original instance, because its a copy. very naughty. the only workaround for this reference - copy problem with __sleep i found is to use global variables, which is not very beautiful. <?php class A { var $e; function __sleep() { $this->e = 'sleeping...'; return array('e'); } } $a = new A(); $a->e = 'MyValue'; echo serialize($a)."\n"; echo $a->e; // echoes "MyValue" - not "sleeping..." ?> interesting to note: <?php echo serialize(&$a); // does what is expected ?> BUT: thats deprecated. ---- Server IP: 194.153.94.10 Probable Submitter: 85.124.121.233 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop.magic-functions.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/73345 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/73345/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/73345/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/73345/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/73345/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/73345/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/73345/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/73345 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/73345 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php