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SplObjectStorage::serialize

(PHP 5 >= 5.2.2, PHP 7)

SplObjectStorage::serialize — Serializes the storage

public SplObjectStorage::serialize ( ) : string

Returns a string representation of the storage.

This function has no parameters.

A string representing the storage.

Example #1 SplObjectStorage::serialize() example

<?php
$s = new SplObjectStorage;
$o = new StdClass;
$s[$o] = "data";

echo $s->serialize()."\n";
?>

The above example will output something similar to:

x:i:1;O:8:"stdClass":0:{},s:4:"data";;m:a:0:{}