--TEST-- Bug #14293 (serialize() and __sleep()) --FILE-- a = 'hello'; } function __sleep() { echo "__sleep called\n"; return array('a','b'); } } $t = new t(); $data = serialize($t); echo "$data\n"; $t = unserialize($data); var_dump($t); ?> --EXPECTF-- __sleep called Notice: serialize(): "b" returned as member variable from __sleep() but does not exist in %sbug14293.php on line %d O:1:"t":2:{s:1:"a";s:5:"hello";s:1:"b";N;} object(t)#%d (2) { ["a"]=> string(5) "hello" ["b"]=> NULL }