Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=54567&edit=1
ID: 54567 Comment by: lonnyk at gmail dot com Reported by: levi at alliancesoftware dot com dot au Summary: DateTimeZone does not serialize Status: Open Type: Feature/Change Request Package: Date/time related Operating System: - PHP Version: 5.3.6 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Here is a potential PR for this bug: https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/208 Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2011-04-19 07:30:17] levi at alliancesoftware dot com dot au Description: ------------ http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=41334 -- DateTime serialization was added in PHP 5.3, but DateTimeZone still serializes to an empty object, it's serialized string is always: O:12:"DateTimeZone":0:{} Test script: --------------- <? $x = new DateTimeZone('Australia/Victoria'); echo $x->getName()."\n"; $x = serialize($x); $x = unserialize($x); echo $x->getName()."\n"; ?> Expected result: ---------------- Australia/Victoria Australia/Victoria Actual result: -------------- Australia/Victoria PHP Warning: DateTimeZone::getName(): The DateTimeZone object has not been correctly initialized by its constructor in - on line 7 Warning: DateTimeZone::getName(): The DateTimeZone object has not been correctly initialized by its constructor in - on line 7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=54567&edit=1