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Bug #43395 unserialize reinitialize unsetted object's properties
Submitted: 2007-11-24 11:58 UTC Modified: 2007-11-24 12:11 UTC
From: ramdac at sweetorange dot it Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Scripting Engine problem
PHP Version: 5.2.5 OS: Linux 2.6.20-16-generic
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
 [2007-11-24 11:58 UTC] ramdac at sweetorange dot it
Description:
------------
If I unset an object property, after serialize/unserialize the property is re-initialized with default value defined in class declaration.

Reproduce code:
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class test
{
    public $testUnset = 'default value';
}

$o = new test();
var_dump($o);

unset($o->testUnset);
var_dump($o);

$s = serialize($o);
$oo = unserialize($s);
var_dump($oo);

Expected result:
----------------
object(test)#1 (1) {
  ["testUnset"]=>
  string(13) "default value"
}
object(test)#1 (0) {
}
object(test)#2 (1) {
}

Actual result:
--------------
object(test)#1 (1) {
  ["testUnset"]=>
  string(13) "default value"
}
object(test)#1 (0) {
}
object(test)#2 (1) {
  ["testUnset"]=>
  string(13) "default value"
}

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 [2007-11-24 12:11 UTC] jani@php.net
Of course it is set, unserialize() process uses the class definition for re-creating the object. And as your class has the default value, of course it will be re-created.

See also:
http://fi2.php.net/manual/en/language.oop.serialization.php
 
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