--TEST-- Lazy objects: __sleep initializes object if it observes object state, even with SKIP_INITIALIZATION_ON_SERIALIZE --FILE-- a); return ['a']; } } function test(string $name, object $obj) { printf("# %s:\n", $name); $serialized = serialize($obj); $unserialized = unserialize($serialized); var_dump($serialized, $unserialized); } $reflector = new ReflectionClass(C::class); $obj = $reflector->newLazyGhost(function ($obj) { var_dump("initializer"); $obj->a = 1; }, ReflectionClass::SKIP_INITIALIZATION_ON_SERIALIZE); test('Ghost', $obj); $obj = $reflector->newLazyProxy(function ($obj) { var_dump("initializer"); $c = new C(); $c->a = 1; return $c; }, ReflectionClass::SKIP_INITIALIZATION_ON_SERIALIZE); test('Proxy', $obj); --EXPECTF-- # Ghost: string(11) "initializer" int(1) string(24) "O:1:"C":1:{s:1:"a";i:1;}" object(C)#%d (1) { ["a"]=> int(1) } # Proxy: string(11) "initializer" int(1) string(24) "O:1:"C":1:{s:1:"a";i:1;}" object(C)#%d (1) { ["a"]=> int(1) }