Hello Nikita,
Picking up a loose thread: > https://wiki.php.net/rfc/custom_object_serialization introduced a > replacement for Serializable in PHP 7.4, so it's time to think about > deprecating and removing the old mechanism: > > https://wiki.php.net/rfc/phase_out_serializable > > This RFC follows a rather conversative approach. In PHP 8.1 there will be a > deprecation warning if Serializable is implemented without also > implementing __serialize() and __unserialize(). In PHP 9.0, support for > Serializable is dropped internally, and only the interface retained. In PHP > 10.0 the interface is dropped as well. > Reading the comments in this thread, the three-step approach is surprising to some. What about deprecating in 8.1 and removing in 9.0 instead? The stub Serializable interface can be provided in userland via a polyfill, if anyone really needs a smoother transition plan. I'd really like to see this deprecation in 8.1, to stop ppl from writing new implementations of Serializable asap. Nicolas
