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<h1 class="refname">SplObjectStorage::serialize</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 5 >= 5.2.2)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">SplObjectStorage::serialize</span> — <span class="dc-title">Serializes the storage</span></p>
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="modifier">public</span> <span class="type">string</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>SplObjectStorage::serialize</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam">void</span>
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Returns a string representation of the storage.
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<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
<p class="para">This function has no parameters.</p>
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<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
<p class="para">
A string representing the storage.
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<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
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<p><strong>Example #1 <span class="function"><strong>SplObjectStorage::serialize()</strong></span> example</strong></p>
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<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />$s </span><span style="color: #007700">= new </span><span style="color: #0000BB">SplObjectStorage</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$o </span><span style="color: #007700">= new </span><span style="color: #0000BB">StdClass</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$s</span><span style="color: #007700">[</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$o</span><span style="color: #007700">] = </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"data"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /><br />echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$s</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">serialize</span><span style="color: #007700">().</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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<div class="example-contents"><p>The above example will output
something similar to:</p></div>
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<div class="cdata"><pre>
x:i:1;O:8:"stdClass":0:{},s:4:"data";;m:a:0:{}
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<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
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<li class="member"> <span class="methodname"><a href="splobjectstorage.unserialize.html" class="methodname" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">SplObjectStorage::unserialize()</a> - Unserializes a storage from its string representation</span></li>
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