PHP 8.1 RFC: Phasing out Serializable

Phasing out Serializable
Improvement
PHP 8.1
Implemented
Serializable interface deprecated

RFC Vote: Phasing out Serializable

Implemented
 - 
>= 2/3
Yes: 36No: 0

The new custom object serialization mechanism RFC introduced new __serialize() and __unserialize() magic methods in PHP 7.4, with the intent of replacing the broken Serializable interface. This RFC finalizes that work by laying out a plan for the eventual removal of Serializable.

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