--TEST-- SPL: unserialize with no data (for PHPUnit) --FILE-- <?php $types = array('SplDoublyLinkedList', 'SplObjectStorage', 'ArrayObject'); foreach ($types as $type) { // serialize an empty new object $exp = serialize(new $type()); // hack to instantiate an object without constructor $str = sprintf('C:%d:"%s":0:{}', strlen($type), $type); $obj = unserialize($str); var_dump($obj); // serialize result $out = serialize($obj); // both should match var_dump($exp === $out); } ?> --EXPECTF-- object(SplDoublyLinkedList)#%d (2) { ["flags":"SplDoublyLinkedList":private]=> int(0) ["dllist":"SplDoublyLinkedList":private]=> array(0) { } } bool(true) object(SplObjectStorage)#%d (1) { ["storage":"SplObjectStorage":private]=> array(0) { } } bool(true) object(ArrayObject)#%d (1) { ["storage":"ArrayObject":private]=> array(0) { } } bool(true)