what is serialize ?

[Anon]

I alwasy see the is word "serialize" in
php, what's mean actually ? tell
me more clear , thanks !

[Anon]

Check out the manual.

Serialize takes php variables and creates a string that represents the content of the variable so you can store it anywhere you like.

For example, you can take a php array and "serialize" it into a single string that you can store in a text field in a database.

Lateron you can read the string from the database and turn it back into a php array using unserialize()

[Anon]

Wow, cool, i didn't know that!

another neat trick to use

thanks

L.

[crazytoon]

is there any known limitation on serialize? or does it depend on what type of field i save serialize data in?

Vincent wrote:

Check out the manual.

Serialize takes php variables and creates a string that represents the content of the variable so you can store it anywhere you like.

For example, you can take a php array and "serialize" it into a single string that you can store in a text field in a database.

Lateron you can read the string from the database and turn it back into a php array using unserialize()