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" => "GeeksforGeeks"
); // 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:"GeeksforGeeks"; } ;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:"GeeksforGeeks"; };m:a:0:{}"
Reference: https://www.php.net/manual/en/arrayobject.serialize.php