PHP Manual: Serialize an ArrayObject

public string ArrayObject::serialize()

Serializes an ArrayObject.

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This function is currently not documented; only its argument list is available.

This function has no parameters.

The serialized representation of the ArrayObject.

Example #1 ArrayObject::serialize example

<?php
$o = new ArrayObject();

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

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

The above example will 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:{}"

ArrayObject::serialize