oele = 'boele'; $user->x = 12344; // $user = (object) array('oele' => 'boele', 'x' => 4523); echo $serialized = serialize($user) . "\n\n"; $user = unserialize($serialized); print_r($user); class Boele { function __construct() { echo "FUCKER!\n"; } function __wakeup() { echo __METHOD__ . "\n"; } } $user = unserialize('O:5:"Boele":2:{s:4:"oele";s:5:"boele";s:1:"x";i:12344;}'); print_r($user); echo var_export($user);