note 115019 added to class.serializable

Here's the way you could implement serializable so that *ALL* descendant serialize themselves without the need of re-writing for all descendant the functions serialize() and unserialize(). Note : this will only serialize "visible" properties, this it won't serialize private descendant properties. If you dont want a property of a descendant to be serialized, make it private. class Pot implements Serializable { protected $_a; protected $_b; public function serialize() { return serialize(get_object_vars($this)); } public function unserialize($data) { $values = unserialize($data); foreach ($values as $key=>$value) { $this->$key = $value; } } } And now one descendant: class PotId implements Pot { protected $_k; } class Pots implements PotId { protected $_l; } $pots = new Pots(); and calling serialize($pots) will serialize all properties ($_a, $_b, $_k, $l). ---- Server IP: 72.52.91.14 Probable Submitter: 78.224.184.168 ---- Manual Page -- http://php.net/manual/en/class.serializable.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/115019 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/115019/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/115019/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/115019/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/115019/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/115019/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/115019/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/115019 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/115019 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php