symfony/var-exporter

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A Symfony PHP component that exports any serializable PHP data structure to plain PHP code, and provides deep cloning, constructor-less instantiation/hydration, and lazy-loading proxies for PHP objects. It leverages OPcache for faster, more memory-efficient serialization than serialize() or igbinary.

Use cases

• export PHP variables to plain PHP code for caching
• serialize PHP objects faster than serialize() or igbinary
• deep-clone PHP object graphs efficiently
• instantiate objects without calling their constructors
• hydrate private, protected and readonly properties
• generate lazy-loading proxies for classes and interfaces
• store cache files that regenerate variables via require

When to choose

• you need OPcache-accelerated serialization of PHP values in cache files
• you must clone or hydrate objects while preserving serialization semantics
• you need lazy-loading decorators or native lazy objects
• you work within Symfony or a framework using Symfony components

When to avoid

• you need language-agnostic serialization formats like JSON
• you serialize data for non-PHP consumers
• you only need simple var_export-style debugging output

Facets

library · maturity stable

serialization developer-tools developer-tools programming-languages performance php cross-platform php symfony-component var-export deep-clone lazy-loading proxy opcache hydrate instantiation

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