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Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 09:12:03 -0400
To: Matthias Pigulla <mp@webfactory.de>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Questions about "static" and serialization
From: kingwez@gmail.com (Wez Furlong)

As you mentioned, static properties and statically scoped variables
don't belong to an object instance, so it doesn't make sense to
serialize them.

--Wez.

On 10/26/05, Matthias Pigulla <mp@webfactory.de> wrote:
> Hi internals,
>
> I was experimenting with different approaches of maintaining state and
> serializing objects in PHP5. The problem is handling static class
> members and static variables inside methods.
>
> First, I noted that static variables inside methods are shared between
> instances. C++ seems to handle it the same way, but admittedly, I was a
> little bit surprised: Such variables are available as "local" variables
> in methods that are called using an instance, i. e. non-statically,
> whereas static class variables can only be accessed using a static
> reference to a class (self::, parent:: or Classname::).
>
> However, this explains why static variables inside functions do not show
> up when serializing object instances: Because the static variable is -
> just like a static class variable - not "part of the object", but
> belongs to the class.
>
> So - has anybody ever considered serializing static variables as well?
> Obviously they have to be treated separately at a per-class level; let
> alone static variables in functions outside classes ;).
>
> Would it be possible to write a session serialize handler that somehow
> includes such static elements? I presume it should be possible to
> "somewhere find" the static elements.
>
> (Strictly spoken, an object instance's state expresses itself in
> non-static members of the instance, so the above "static variables in
> functions" stuff makes sense the way it is - if I want to maintain
> per-instance state, I shouldn't be using local static variables, but
> "plain" object members for that. However, when working with the
> Singleton pattern, you don't come around using static at some level...)
>
> Best regards,
> Matthias
>
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