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Serializable::serialize

(PHP 5 >= 5.1.0, PHP 7, PHP 8)

Serializable::serialize — String representation of object

Description

abstract public Serializable::serialize ( ) : string

Should return the string representation of the object.

Parameters

This function has no parameters.

Return Values

Returns the string representation of the object or NULL

Errors/Exceptions

Throws Exception when returning other types than strings and NULL.

See Also

• __sleep()
• __serialize()