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ArrayObject::serialize

(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PHP 7)

ArrayObject::serialize — Serialize an ArrayObject

Description

public ArrayObject::serialize ( ) : string

Serializes an ArrayObject.

Warning This function is currently not documented; only its argument list is available.

Parameters

This function has no parameters.

Return Values

The serialized representation of the ArrayObject.

Examples

Example #1 ArrayObject::serialize() example

<?php$o = new ArrayObject();$s1 = serialize($o);$s2 = $o->serialize();var_dump($s1);var_dump($s2);?>

The above example will output:

string(45) "C:11:"ArrayObject":21:{x:i:0;a:0:{};m:a:0:{}}"
string(21) "x:i:0;a:0:{};m:a:0:{}"

See Also

• ArrayObject::unserialize() - Unserialize an ArrayObject
• serialize() - Generates a storable representation of a value
• Serializing Objects