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How can I serialize a class in PHP?

Jun 28th, 1999 00:54
Nathan Wallace, Nathan Wallace

Take a look at the serialization code in PHPLIB:
    http://phplib.shonline.de

The basic idea is to add two variables to every class:
    classname
    persistent_slots

The classname is what is says, persistent_slots is an array of the names
of the variables that need to be stored and retrieved when the class is
serialized.

If each class has these variables then a single serialize function can
be used to handle any object.