PHP 5 Magic – __sleep() and __wakeup() methods

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The magic method _sleep() and _wakeup() is called when an object is serialized. The magic method _sleep() and _wakeup() provides a method to clean up and restore objects before being serialized.

Working with _sleep()

_sleep() magic method is called when the object of a class is about to be serialized. This magic method _sleep() does not accept any parameter and returns an array. The array should contain a list of class members that should be serialized. This means that if you don’t wish to serialize a particular class member, you should not include it in the array. Look at the example below: Continue reading »