(PHP 5 >= 5.1.0, PHP 7)
Examples:
Basic usage
<?php class obj implements Serializable { private $data; public function __construct() { $this->data = "My private data"; } public function serialize() { return serialize($this->data); } public function unserialize($data) { $this->data = unserialize($data); } public function getData() { return $this->data; } } $obj = new obj; $ser = serialize($obj); var_dump($ser); $newobj = unserialize($ser); var_dump($newobj->getData()); ?>
The above example will output something similar to:
string(38) "C:3:"obj":23:{s:15:"My private data";}" string(15) "My private data"