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i the case of class "B" extends a class "A" wich define the function __sleep(), instances of class "B" would class A::__sleep. In this case class serialzing would be very buggy - i tried something like:
Try: let return the __sleep of class "A" all propertys wich are currently definied
resoulting Problem: private properety of class "B" are null or NAN
Try: define the function __sleep() in class "B" 
resoulting Problem: private properety of class "A" are null or NAN
Test script:
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class A{
	public $A_A = 10;
	protected $A_B = 11;
	private $A_C = 12;
	public function A(){
		
	}
	private function __sleep(){
		echo "sleep of A()";
		if(get_class($this)	!= "A")
		{
			$d = array_keys( get_class_vars(get_class($this)));
			return ($d);
		}
		return array("A_A","A_B","A_C");
	}
	public function __get($v){
		
		return "PR";
	}
}
class B extends A{
	public 		$B_A = 20;
	protected 	$B_B = 21;
	private 	$B_C = 22;
	public function B(){
		$this->A();
	}
	public function __sleep(){ 
		return array("A_A","A_B","A_C","B_A","B_B","B_C");
	} /* remove this __sleep would let php use A::__sleep()
}
$a = new A();
$b = new B();
echo "<br/>A";
echo "<br/>" .  htmlspecialchars(serialize($a));
echo "<br/>B";
echo "<br/>" .  htmlspecialchars(serialize($b));
Expected result:
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the complettely serialized Object like with out __sleep()!
Actual result:
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private propertys of parent or child are null or NAN with defined __sleep()
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I think the primary problems i have are not tested. I wrote a class with a private property. class foo{ private $v; function foo(){ $this->v="bar"; } } And a class wich extends it: class foo2 extends foo{ function foo2(){ $this->foo(); } function __sleep(){ return array("v"); } } with __sleep serialize will Output: O:10:"foo2":1:{s:1:"v";N;} without __sleep is the output like: O:10:"foo2":1:{s:6:"foov";s:3:"bar";} so serialize without __sleep allow acces to private properties. I think, if foo2 doesnt have access to a private property of class foo, than serialize didnt had it too. But if i want to save an object ... so i need to save it completly ... so it have to save the private propertys as well. In C++ for as an example i will copy the memory ... so i have copied the private properties as all others. and if this isnt a bug ... it's an bad feature ... I think we need to call it "The dont use __sleep()" feature ;) I hope i wont get another "its not a bug" - correct the behaivor or wrote in the documention how to save an object with private property of super class, thanks. "Yes, class design has to be well thought." Yes, I aggree - and i think the behavior of functions should it be too.