note 77538 added to function.unserialize

Problem: I needed a way to call an object that I did not know the name of. This forced me to use a variable for the class name. Solution: unserialize(); Unserialize supports opening objects/classes from a serialized string. In order to do so I had to do something to this effect: <?php // this is the variable part $class_name = 'Some_Obscure_Class'; // here is where we take the name and dynamically create a serialize-compliant string. $quickload = 'O:' . strlen($class_name) . ':"' .$class_name. '":0:{}'; // and here we inject the string into unserialize, this creating an object! :-) $object = unserialize($quickload); ?> From here I used the __wakeup() magic function to initialize/construct the class as needed. :-) ---- Server IP: 216.235.15.211 Probable Submitter: 142.165.95.174 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.unserialize.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/77538 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/77538/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/77538/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/77538/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/77538/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/77538/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/77538/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/77538 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/77538 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php