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<?php class Widget implements Serializable { public $references = array(); public function serialize() { $vars = get_object_vars($this); $serialized = serialize($vars); return $serialized; } public function unserialize($serialized) { $array = unserialize($serialized); foreach($array as $k => $v) $this->$k = $v; } } class Placeholder { public $id; public function __construct($id) { $this->id = $id; } } $placeholder1 = new Placeholder(1); $placeholder2 = new Placeholder(2); $widgets = array(new Widget, new Widget, new Widget, new Widget); $widgets[0]->references[] = $placeholder1; $widgets[1]->references[] = $placeholder2; $widgets[2]->references[] = $placeholder1; $widgets[3]->references[] = $placeholder1; var_dump(unserialize(serialize($widgets)));