--TEST-- Lazy objects: unset of defined property does not initialize object --FILE-- a = 2; } } function test(string $name, object $obj) { printf("# %s:\n", $name); (new ReflectionProperty($obj, 'a'))->setRawValueWithoutLazyInitialization($obj, 1); var_dump($obj); unset($obj->a); var_dump($obj); } $reflector = new ReflectionClass(C::class); $obj = $reflector->newLazyGhost(function ($obj) { var_dump("initializer"); $obj->__construct(1); }); test('Ghost', $obj); $obj = $reflector->newLazyProxy(function ($obj) { var_dump("initializer"); return new C(1); }); test('Proxy', $obj); --EXPECTF-- # Ghost: object(C)#%d (1) { ["a"]=> int(1) } object(C)#%d (0) { ["a"]=> uninitialized(int) } # Proxy: object(C)#%d (1) { ["a"]=> int(1) } object(C)#%d (0) { ["a"]=> uninitialized(int) }