The ArrayObject::serialize() function is an inbuilt function in PHP which is used to serialize the ArrayObject.
Syntax:
string ArrayObject::serialize( void )
Parameters: This function does not accept any parameters.
Return Value: This function returns the serialized representation of the ArrayObject.
Below program illustrates the ArrayObject::serialize() function in PHP:
Program:
<?php // PHP program to illustrate the // ArrayObject::serialize() function // Declare an associative array $arr = array( "a" => "Welcome", "b" => "to", "c" => "neveropen"); // Create array object $arrObject = new ArrayObject($arr); // Use ArrayObject::serialize() function // to get the behavior of flags $serialize1 = serialize($arrObject); $serialize2 = $arrObject->serialize(); // Display the result var_dump($serialize1); var_dump($serialize2); ?> |
Output:
string(113) "C:11:"ArrayObject":89:{
x:i:0;a:3:{
s:1:"a";s:7:"Welcome";
s:1:"b";s:2:"to";
s:1:"c";s:13:"neveropen";
}
;m:a:0:{}
}"
string(89) "x:i:0;a:3 {
s:1:"a";s:7:"Welcome";
s:1:"b";s:2:"to";
s:1:"c";s:13:"neveropen";
};m:a:0:{}"
Reference: https://www.php.net/manual/en/arrayobject.serialize.php
