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filburt1 filburt1 is offline 06-17-2003, 10:00 PM
To serialize a variable or object in PHP means to take the variable or object and convert it to a string that can be stored anywhere, including, relevant to vB, a MySQL database. Later, it can be unserialized, at which point it'll be (nearly) exactly the same as when it was serialized.

An example:
PHP Code:
$serialized = serialize($myobject);
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.
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$myobjectagain = unserialize($serialized);
$myobjectagain->method(); 
Remember to addslashes $serialized when making a query because it could contain quotes. Also note that some tiny things can be lost when serializing; namely, internal array pointers, among others.

Reference:
http://www.php.net/serialize
http://www.php.net/unserialize (way faster than serializing)
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Thank you Andreas!

It helped me today again
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Not to resurrect an old thread, but... I have been storing a lot of serialized data lately, and came across a pretty useful web tool to easily view it when needed. Basically This tool enables you to serialize or unserialize arrays (mainly) with several 'serialization' functions : php serialize, json, yaml, and php var_export.

Supposedly also does following:
•unserialization of broken serialized array (recover / repair "php serialize" arrays)
•deep unserialization of serialized serialisation ! (for php serialize)

http://www.unserialize.net/serialize
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