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<?php $classNames = array( "Foo", // userland class "StdClass", // class defined by php-src, but still not considered as internal "Bar", // userland class implementing Serializable "ReflectionClass", // internal class "ArrayObject", // internal class implementing Serializable "Baz", // userland class extending internal class implementing Serializable ); function instanitateWithoutConstructorThroughUnserialize($className) { return unserialize(sprintf('O:%d:"%s":0:{}', strlen($className), $className)); } function instanitateWithoutConstructorThroughReflection($className) { try { $ref = new ReflectionClass($className); return $ref->newInstanceWithoutConstructor(); } catch (ReflectionException $e) { return $e; } } class Foo {} class Bar implements Serializable { private $data; public function serialize() { return serialize($this->data); } public function unserialize($data) { $this->data = unserialize($data); } } class Baz extends ArrayAccess {} foreach($classNames as $className) { echo "$className\n"; var_dump(instanitateWithoutConstructorThroughUnserialize($className)); if (version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '5.4.0') >= 0) { var_dump(instanitateWithoutConstructorThroughReflection($className)); } echo "\n"; }