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<h1 class="refname">Serializable::unserialize</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 5 >= 5.1.0)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">Serializable::unserialize</span> — <span class="dc-title">Constructs the object</span></p>
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
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<span class="modifier">abstract</span> <span class="modifier">public</span> <span class="type"><span class="type void">void</span></span> <span class="methodname"><strong>Serializable::unserialize</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$serialized</code></span>
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Called during unserialization of the object.
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<blockquote class="note"><p><strong class="note">Note</strong>:
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This method acts as the
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<a href="language.oop5.decon.html#object.construct" class="link">__construct()</a> method will <em class="emphasis">not</em> be called after this
method.
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">serialized</code></em></span>
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The string representation of the object.
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The return value from this method is ignored.
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<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
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