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<h1 class="refname">wddx_serialize_vars</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 4, PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">wddx_serialize_vars</span> — <span class="dc-title">Serialize variables into a WDDX packet</span></p>
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<div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-function.wddx-serialize-vars-description">
<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
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<span class="type">string</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>wddx_serialize_vars</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type"><a href="language.pseudo-types.html#language.types.mixed" class="type mixed">mixed</a></span> <code class="parameter">$var_name</code></span>
[, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type"><a href="language.pseudo-types.html#language.types.mixed" class="type mixed">mixed</a></span> <code class="parameter">$...</code></span>
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Creates a WDDX packet with a structure that contains the serialized
representation of the passed variables.
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<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
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This function takes a variable number of parameters.
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">var_name</code></em></span>
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Can be either a string naming a variable or an array containing
strings naming the variables or another array, etc.
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">...</code></em></span>
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<div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-function.wddx-serialize-vars-returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
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Returns the WDDX packet, or <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> on error.
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<div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-function.wddx-serialize-vars-examples">
<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
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<div class="example" id="example-5525">
<p><strong>Example #1 <span class="function"><strong>wddx_serialize_vars()</strong></span> example</strong></p>
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<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />$a </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">1</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$b </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">5.5</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$c </span><span style="color: #007700">= array(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"blue"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"orange"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"violet"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$d </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"colors"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$clvars </span><span style="color: #007700">= array(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"c"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"d"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br />echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">wddx_serialize_vars</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"a"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"b"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$clvars</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:</p></div>
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<wddxPacket version='1.0'><header/><data><struct><var name='a'><number>1</number></var>
<var name='b'><number>5.5</number></var><var name='c'><array length='3'>
<string>blue</string><string>orange</string><string>violet</string></array></var>
<var name='d'><string>colors</string></var></struct></data></wddxPacket>
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