Merge References: Serialization of 'Closure' is not allowed
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<p>When trying to merge references, I get the following exception. I tried 4.1.x Dev and 4.2.x Dev.</p>
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<pre><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br>Exception</span><span style="color: #007700">: </span><span style="color: #0000BB">Serialization of </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'Closure' </span><span style="color: #0000BB">is not allowed in serialize</span><span style="color: #007700">() (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">line 14 of core</span><span style="color: #007700">/</span><span style="color: #0000BB">lib</span><span style="color: #007700">/</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Drupal</span><span style="color: #007700">/</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Component</span><span style="color: #007700">/</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Serialization</span><span style="color: #007700">/</span><span style="color: #0000BB">PhpSerialize</span><span style="color: #007700">.</span><span style="color: #0000BB">php</span><span style="color: #007700">).<br></span><span style="color: #0000BB">Drupal</span><span style="color: #007700">\</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Component</span><span style="color: #007700">\</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Serialization</span><span style="color: #007700">\</span><span style="color: #0000BB">PhpSerialize</span><span style="color: #007700">::</span><span style="color: #0000BB">encode</span><span style="color: #007700">(Array) (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Line</span><span style="color: #007700">: </span><span style="color: #0000BB">111</span><span style="color: #007700">)<br></span><span style="color: #0000BB">Drupal</span><span style="color: #007700">\</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Core</span><span style="color: #007700">\</span><span style="color: #0000BB">KeyValueStore</span><span style="color: #007700">\</span><span style="color: #0000BB">DatabaseStorageExpirable</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">doSetWithExpire</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'form-nAeWq3krW2p2NT2wBfKoGVH3cpY5Hb41Cb2GtnQfVDU'</span><span style="color: #007700">, Array, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">21600</span><span style="color: #007700">) (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Line</span><span style="color: #007700">: </span><span style="color: #0000BB">127</span><span style="color: #007700">)<br></span><span style="color: #0000BB">Drupal</span><span style="color: #007700">\</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Core</span><span style="color: #007700">\</span><span style="color: #0000BB">KeyValueStore</span><span style="color: #007700">\</span><span style="color: #0000BB">DatabaseStorageExpirable</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">setWithExpire</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'form-nAeWq3krW2p2NT2wBfKoGVH3cpY5Hb41Cb2GtnQfVDU'</span><span style="color: #007700">, Array, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">21600</span><span style="color: #007700">) (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Line</span><span style="color: #007700">: </span><span style="color: #0000BB">193</span><span style="color: #007700">)<br></span><span style="color: #0000BB">Drupal</span><span style="color: #007700">\</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Core</span><span style="color: #007700">\</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Form</span><span style="color: #007700">\</span><span style="color: #0000BB">FormCache</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">setCache</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'form-nAeWq3krW2p2NT2wBfKoGVH3cpY5Hb41Cb2GtnQfVDU'</span><span style="color: #007700">, Array, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">Object</span><span style="color: #007700">) (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Line</span><span style="color: #007700">: </span><span style="color: #0000BB">463</span><span style="color: #007700">)<br></span><span style="color: #0000BB">Drupal</span><span style="color: #007700">\</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Core</span><span style="color: #007700">\</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Form</span><span style="color: #007700">\</span><span style="color: #0000BB">FormBuilder</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">setCache</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'form-nAeWq3krW2p2NT2wBfKoGVH3cpY5Hb41Cb2GtnQfVDU'</span><span style="color: #007700">, Array, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">Object</span><span style="color: #007700">) (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Line</span><span style="color: #007700">: </span><span style="color: #0000BB">441</span><span style="color: #007700">)<br></span><span style="color: #0000BB">Drupal</span><span style="color: #007700">\</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Core</span><span style="color: #007700">\</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Form</span><span style="color: #007700">\</span><span style="color: #0000BB">FormBuilder</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">rebuildForm</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'mergefilereferences'</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">Object</span><span style="color: #007700">, Array) (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Line</span><span style="color: #007700">: </span><span style="color: #0000BB">633</span><span style="color: #007700">)<br></span><span style="color: #0000BB">Drupal</span><span style="color: #007700">\</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Core</span><span style="color: #007700">\</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Form</span><span style="color: #007700">\</span><span style="color: #0000BB">FormBuilder</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">processForm</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'mergefilereferences'</span><span style="color: #007700">, Array, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">Object</span><span style="color: #007700">) (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Line</span><span style="color: #007700">: </span><span style="color: #0000BB">325</span><span style="color: #007700">)<br></span><span style="color: #0000BB">Drupal</span><span style="color: #007700">\</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Core</span><span style="color: #007700">\</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Form</span><span style="color: #007700">\</span><span style="color: #0000BB">FormBuilder</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">buildForm</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Object</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">Object</span><span style="color: #007700">) (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Line</span><span style="color: #007700">: </span><span style="color: #0000BB">73</span><span style="color: #007700">)<br></span><span style="color: #0000BB">Drupal</span><span style="color: #007700">\</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Core</span><span style="color: #007700">\</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Controller</span><span style="color: #007700">\</span><span style="color: #0000BB">FormController</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">getContentResult</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Object</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">Object</span><span style="color: #007700">)<br></span><span style="color: #0000BB">call_user_func_array</span><span style="color: #007700">(Array, Array) (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Line</span><span style="color: #007700">: </span><span style="color: #0000BB">123</span><span style="color: #007700">)<br></span><span style="color: #0000BB">Drupal</span><span style="color: #007700">\</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Core</span><span style="color: #007700">\</span><span style="color: #0000BB">EventSubscriber</span><span style="color: #007700">\</span><span style="color: #0000BB">EarlyRenderingControllerWrapperSubscriber</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">Drupal</span><span style="color: #007700">\</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Core</span><span style="color: #007700">\</span><span style="color: #0000BB">EventSubscriber</span><span style="color: #007700">\{</span><span style="color: #0000BB">closure</span><span style="color: #007700">}() (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Line</span><span style="color: #007700">: </span><span style="color: #0000BB">627</span><span style="color: #007700">)<br></span><span style="color: #0000BB">Drupal</span><span style="color: #007700">\</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Core</span><span style="color: #007700">\</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Render</span><span style="color: #007700">\</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Renderer</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">executeInRenderContext</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Object</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">Object</span><span style="color: #007700">) (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Line</span><span style="color: #007700">: </span><span style="color: #0000BB">124</span><span style="color: #007700">)<br></span><span style="color: #0000BB">Drupal</span><span style="color: #007700">\</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Core</span><span style="color: #007700">\</span><span style="color: #0000BB">EventSubscriber</span><span style="color: #007700">\</span><span style="color: #0000BB">EarlyRenderingControllerWrapperSubscriber</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">wrapControllerExecutionInRenderContext</span><span style="color: #007700">(Array, Array) (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Line</span><span style="color: #007700">: </span><span style="color: #0000BB">97</span><span style="color: #007700">)<br></span><span style="color: #0000BB">Drupal</span><span style="color: #007700">\</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Core</span><span style="color: #007700">\</span><span style="color: #0000BB">EventSubscriber</span><span style="color: #007700">\</span><span style="color: #0000BB">EarlyRenderingControllerWrapperSubscriber</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">Drupal</span><span style="color: #007700">\</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Core</span><span style="color: #007700">\</span><span style="color: #0000BB">EventSubscriber</span><span style="color: #007700">\{</span><span style="color: #0000BB">closure</span><span style="color: #007700">}() (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Line</span><span style="color: #007700">: </span><span style="color: #0000BB">181</span><span style="color: #007700">)<br></span><span style="color: #0000BB">Symfony</span><span style="color: #007700">\</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Component</span><span style="color: #007700">\</span><span style="color: #0000BB">HttpKernel</span><span style="color: #007700">\</span><span style="color: #0000BB">HttpKernel</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">handleRaw</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Object</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">1</span><span style="color: #007700">) (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Line</span><span style="color: #007700">: </span><span style="color: #0000BB">76</span><span style="color: #007700">)<br></span><span style="color: #0000BB">Symfony</span><span style="color: #007700">\</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Component</span><span style="color: #007700">\</span><span style="color: #0000BB">HttpKernel</span><span style="color: #007700">\</span><span style="color: #0000BB">HttpKernel</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">handle</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Object</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">1</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">1</span><span style="color: #007700">) (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Line</span><span style="color: #007700">: </span><span style="color: #0000BB">58</span><span style="color: #007700">)<br></span><span style="color: #0000BB">Drupal</span><span style="color: #007700">\</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Core</span><span style="color: #007700">\</span><span style="color: #0000BB">StackMiddleware</span><span style="color: #007700">\</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Session</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">handle</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Object</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">1</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">1</span><span style="color: #007700">) (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Line</span><span style="color: #007700">: </span><span style="color: #0000BB">48</span><span style="color: #007700">)<br></span><span style="color: #0000BB">Drupal</span><span style="color: #007700">\</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Core</span><span style="color: #007700">\</span><span style="color: #0000BB">StackMiddleware</span><span style="color: #007700">\</span><span style="color: #0000BB">KernelPreHandle</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">handle</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Object</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">1</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">1</span><span style="color: #007700">) (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Line</span><span style="color: #007700">: </span><span style="color: #0000BB">32</span><span style="color: #007700">)<br></span><span style="color: #0000BB">Drupal</span><span style="color: #007700">\</span><span style="color: #0000BB">big_pipe</span><span style="color: #007700">\</span><span style="color: #0000BB">StackMiddleware</span><span style="color: #007700">\</span><span style="color: #0000BB">ContentLength</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">handle</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Object</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">1</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">1</span><span style="color: #007700">) (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Line</span><span style="color: #007700">: </span><span style="color: #0000BB">106</span><span style="color: #007700">)<br></span><span style="color: #0000BB">Drupal</span><span style="color: #007700">\</span><span style="color: #0000BB">page_cache</span><span style="color: #007700">\</span><span style="color: #0000BB">StackMiddleware</span><span style="color: #007700">\</span><span style="color: #0000BB">PageCache</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">pass</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Object</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">1</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">1</span><span style="color: #007700">) (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Line</span><span style="color: #007700">: </span><span style="color: #0000BB">85</span><span style="color: #007700">)<br></span><span style="color: #0000BB">Drupal</span><span style="color: #007700">\</span><span style="color: #0000BB">page_cache</span><span style="color: #007700">\</span><span style="color: #0000BB">StackMiddleware</span><span style="color: #007700">\</span><span style="color: #0000BB">PageCache</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">handle</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Object</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">1</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">1</span><span style="color: #007700">) (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Line</span><span style="color: #007700">: </span><span style="color: #0000BB">48</span><span style="color: #007700">)<br></span><span style="color: #0000BB">Drupal</span><span style="color: #007700">\</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Core</span><span style="color: #007700">\</span><span style="color: #0000BB">StackMiddleware</span><span style="color: #007700">\</span><span style="color: #0000BB">ReverseProxyMiddleware</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">handle</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Object</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">1</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">1</span><span style="color: #007700">) (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Line</span><span style="color: #007700">: </span><span style="color: #0000BB">51</span><span style="color: #007700">)<br></span><span style="color: #0000BB">Drupal</span><span style="color: #007700">\</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Core</span><span style="color: #007700">\</span><span style="color: #0000BB">StackMiddleware</span><span style="color: #007700">\</span><span style="color: #0000BB">NegotiationMiddleware</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">handle</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Object</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">1</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">1</span><span style="color: #007700">) (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Line</span><span style="color: #007700">: </span><span style="color: #0000BB">36</span><span style="color: #007700">)<br></span><span style="color: #0000BB">Drupal</span><span style="color: #007700">\</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Core</span><span style="color: #007700">\</span><span style="color: #0000BB">StackMiddleware</span><span style="color: #007700">\</span><span style="color: #0000BB">AjaxPageState</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">handle</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Object</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">1</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">1</span><span style="color: #007700">) (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Line</span><span style="color: #007700">: </span><span style="color: #0000BB">51</span><span style="color: #007700">)<br></span><span style="color: #0000BB">Drupal</span><span style="color: #007700">\</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Core</span><span style="color: #007700">\</span><span style="color: #0000BB">StackMiddleware</span><span style="color: #007700">\</span><span style="color: #0000BB">StackedHttpKernel</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">handle</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Object</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">1</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">1</span><span style="color: #007700">) (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Line</span><span style="color: #007700">: </span><span style="color: #0000BB">704</span><span style="color: #007700">)<br></span><span style="color: #0000BB">Drupal</span><span style="color: #007700">\</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Core</span><span style="color: #007700">\</span><span style="color: #0000BB">DrupalKernel</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">handle</span><span style="color: #007700">(Object) (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Line</span><span style="color: #007700">: </span><span style="color: #0000BB">19</span><span style="color: #007700">)<br></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span></span></pre></div>
<h4 id="summary-steps-reproduce">Steps to reproduce</h4>
<p>The problem is that these closures cannot be serialized. Because the form is a multi-step form, the form array needs to be serialized. That's why there's no errors on the other reports.</p>
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<pre><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br> $form</span><span style="color: #007700">[</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'actions'</span><span style="color: #007700">][</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'add'</span><span style="color: #007700">] = [<br> </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'#type' </span><span style="color: #007700">=> </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'submit'</span><span style="color: #007700">,<br> </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'#value' </span><span style="color: #007700">=> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$this</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">t</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'Next step'</span><span style="color: #007700">),<br> </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'#validate' </span><span style="color: #007700">=> [<br> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$this</span><span style="color: #007700">::</span><span style="color: #0000BB">validateForm</span><span style="color: #007700">(...),<br> ],<br> </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'#submit' </span><span style="color: #007700">=> [<br> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$this</span><span style="color: #007700">::</span><span style="color: #0000BB">submitMergePreConfirm</span><span style="color: #007700">(...),<br> ],<br> ];<br></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span></span></pre></div>
<div class="codeblock">
<pre><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br> $form</span><span style="color: #007700">[</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'actions'</span><span style="color: #007700">][</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'submit'</span><span style="color: #007700">] = [<br> </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'#type' </span><span style="color: #007700">=> </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'submit'</span><span style="color: #007700">,<br> </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'#value' </span><span style="color: #007700">=> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$this</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">getConfirmText</span><span style="color: #007700">(),<br> </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'#button_type' </span><span style="color: #007700">=> </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'primary'</span><span style="color: #007700">,<br> </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'#submit' </span><span style="color: #007700">=> [<br> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$this</span><span style="color: #007700">::</span><span style="color: #0000BB">confirmSubmissionHandlerFileMerge</span><span style="color: #007700">(...),<br> ],<br> ];<br></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span></span></pre></div>
<h3 id="summary-proposed-resolution">Proposed resolution</h3>
<p>Use the serializable format for callables:</p>
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<pre><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br> $form</span><span style="color: #007700">[</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'actions'</span><span style="color: #007700">][</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'add'</span><span style="color: #007700">] = [<br> </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'#type' </span><span style="color: #007700">=> </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'submit'</span><span style="color: #007700">,<br> </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'#value' </span><span style="color: #007700">=> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$this</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">t</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'Next step'</span><span style="color: #007700">),<br> </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'#validate' </span><span style="color: #007700">=> [<br> [</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$this</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'validateForm'</span><span style="color: #007700">],<br> ],<br> </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'#submit' </span><span style="color: #007700">=> [<br> [</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$this</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'submitMergePreConfirm'</span><span style="color: #007700">],<br> ],<br> ];<br></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span></span></pre></div>
<p><code>[$this, 'confirmSubmissionHandlerFileMerge'],</code></p>
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