--TEST-- MongoDB\BSON\Symbol serialization --FILE-- <?php $test = MongoDB\BSON\toPHP(MongoDB\BSON\fromJSON('{ "symbol": {"$symbol": "symbolValue"} }'))->symbol; var_dump($symbol = $test); var_dump($s = serialize($symbol)); var_dump(unserialize($s)); ?> ===DONE=== <?php exit(0); ?> --EXPECTF-- object(MongoDB\BSON\Symbol)#1 (1) { ["symbol"]=> string(11) "symbolValue" } string(70) "C:19:"MongoDB\BSON\Symbol":38:{a:1:{s:6:"symbol";s:11:"symbolValue";}}" object(MongoDB\BSON\Symbol)#2 (1) { ["symbol"]=> string(11) "symbolValue" } ===DONE===