ArrayObject::serialize

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(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PHP 7, PHP 8)

Serialize an ArrayObject

Description

ArrayObject::serialize(): string

Serializes an ArrayObject.

Func

The serialized representation of the ArrayObject.

ArrayObject::serialize example

php

<?php
$o = new ArrayObject();

$s1 = serialize($o);
$s2 = $o->serialize();

var_dump($s1);
var_dump($s2);
?>

The above example will output:

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:{}"