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prezly/forbid-serialization
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Micro-package with a handy trait to forbid serialization of specific class in PHP

v2.0.0(2y ago)1143.6k↓20.1%MITPHPPHP ^7.4||^8.0

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Prezly's ForbidSerialization
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[](#prezlys-forbidserialization)

Prezly's ForbidSerialization is a micro-package with a handy trait to forbid serialization of specific class in PHP.

This is because standard PHP `serialize()` function can serialize anything, even instances you'd never want to be serialized. So `ForbidSerialization`is just a nice easy way to *opt-out* whenever you do not *intentionally* want an object to be serialized (which should be the default in 99.99% of all cases).

See this awesome talk from Marco Pivetta on **Extremely Defensive PHP**. Specifically the part about serialization:

Usage
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[](#usage)

Usage is as simple as adding `use ForbidSerialization` to any class. Only make sure you do not override `__sleep()` or `__serialize()` methods.

```
use Prezly\ForbidSerialization\ForbidsSerialization;

class AmazonWebServicesIntegrationService {
    use ForbidsSerialization;

    // ...
}
```

Changelog
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[](#changelog)

- [Changelog](./CHANGELOG.md)

Credits
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###  Health Score

35

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LowBetter than 80% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity33

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity60

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 64.7% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~1066 days

Total

2

Last Release

956d ago

Major Versions

v1.0.0 → v2.0.02023-10-05

PHP version history (2 changes)v1.0.0PHP >=7.1

v2.0.0PHP ^7.4||^8.0

### Community

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