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serialize

The What

Syntax

string serialize ( mixed $value )

seralize in PHP Manual

Description

Generates a storable representation of a value.

This is useful for storing or passing PHP values around without losing their type and structure.

To make the serialized string into a PHP value again, use unserialize().

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