<?PHP

class A
{
	var $Text;
	var $Parent;
	
	function A(&$parent, $s)
	{
		$this->Text = $s;
		$this->Parent = &$parent;
	}
}

class B
{
	var $Child;
	
	function B()
	{
		$this->Child =& new A($this, "Hello");
	}
}

class C
{
	var $Child;
	
	function C()
	{
		$this->Child = new A($this, "Hello");
	}
}


echo "<pre>\n\n";

$b= new B();
$s = serialize($b);
echo "$s\n" . strlen($s) . "\n";

$s = serialize(&$b);
echo "$s\n" . strlen($s) . "\n";

$b=& new B();
$s = serialize($b);
echo "$s\n" . strlen($s) . "\n";

$s = serialize(&$b);
echo "$s\n" . strlen($s) . "\n";

$c= new C();
$s = serialize($c);
echo "$s\n" . strlen($s) . "\n";

$c=& new C();
$s = serialize(&$c);
echo "$s\n" . strlen($s) . "\n";


echo "</pre>";

?>

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hello! i tried this script both on windows and linux with PHP 4.2.3 installed. I saw, that the serialized code could be highly redundant, depending on serializing the object or it's refference. there's also a problem around the new constructor, or i guess, the problem might be at copying objects with the '=' operator...