note 83556 added to language.oop5.magic

From: Date: Sat, 31 May 2008 23:24:37 +0000
Subject: note 83556 added to language.oop5.magic
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Serializing objects is problematic with references. This is solved redefining the __sleep() magic method. This is also problematic when parent class has private variables since the parent object is not accessible nor its private variables from within the child object. I found a solution that seems working for classes that implements this __sleep() method, and for its subclasses. Without more work in subclasses. The inheritance system does the trick. Recursively __sleep() call parent' __sleep() and return the whole array of variables of the object instance to be serialized. <?php class foo { } class a { private $var1; function __construct(foo &$obj = NULL) { $this->var1 = &$obj; } /** Return its variables array, if its parent exists and the __sleep method is accessible, call it and push the result into the array and return the whole thing. */ public function __sleep() { $a = array_keys(get_object_vars(&$this)); if (method_exists(parent, '__sleep')) { $p = parent::__sleep(); array_push($a, $p); }; return $a; } } class b extends a { function __construct(foo &$obj = NULL) { parent::__construct($obj); } } session_start(); $myfoo = &new foo(); $myb = &new b($myfoo); $myb = unserialize(serialize(&$myb)); ?> This should work, I haven't tested deeper. ---- Server IP: 212.124.37.9 Probable Submitter: 82.225.84.206 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.magic.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/83556 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/83556/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/83556/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/83556/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/83556/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/83556/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/83556/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/83556 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/83556 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php

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