Online PHP editor | refs for qG4mb

<?php $classNames = array( "Foo", // userland class "StdClass", // class defined by php-src, but still not considered as internal "ReflectionClass", // internal class "ArrayObject", // internal class implementing Serializable ); foreach($classNames as $className) { var_dump(instanitateWithoutConstructorThroughUnserialize($className)); if (version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '5.4.0') >= 0) { var_dump(instanitateWithoutConstructorThroughReflection($className)); } } function instanitateWithoutConstructorThroughUnserialize($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 {}