PHP::Serialization(3) User Contributed Perl DocumentationPHP::Serialization(3)NAMEPHP::Serialization - simple flexible means of converting the output of
PHP's serialize() into the equivalent Perl memory structure, and vice
versa.
SYNOPSIS
use PHP::Serialization qw(serialize unserialize);
my $encoded = serialize({ a => 1, b => 2});
my $hashref = unserialize($encoded);
DESCRIPTION
Provides a simple, quick means of serializing perl memory structures
(including object data!) into a format that PHP can deserialize() and
access, and vice versa.
NOTE: Converts PHP arrays into Perl Arrays when the PHP array used
exclusively numeric indexes, and into Perl Hashes then the PHP array
did not.
FUNCTIONS
Exportable functions..
serialize($var,[optional $asString,[optional $sortHashes]])
Serializes the memory structure pointed to by $var, and returns a
scalar value of encoded data.
If the optional $asString is true, $var will be encoded as string if it
is double or float.
If the optional $sortHashes is true, all hashes will be sorted before
serialization.
NOTE: Will recursively encode objects, hashes, arrays, etc.
SEE ALSO: ->encode()
unserialize($encoded,[optional CLASS])
Deserializes the encoded data in $encoded, and returns a value (be it a
hashref, arrayref, scalar, etc) representing the data structure
serialized in $encoded_string.
If the optional CLASS is specified, any objects are blessed into
CLASS::$serialized_class. Otherwise, O bjects are blessed into
PHP::Serialization::Object::$serialized_class. (which has no methods)
SEE ALSO: ->decode()METHODS
Functionality available if using the object interface..
decode($encoded_string,[optional CLASS])
Deserializes the encoded data in $encoded, and returns a value (be it a
hashref, arrayref, scalar, etc) representing the data structure
serialized in $encoded_string.
If the optional CLASS is specified, any objects are blessed into
CLASS::$serialized_class. Otherwise, Objects are blessed into
PHP::Serialization::Object::$serialized_class. (which has no methods)
SEE ALSO: unserialize()
encode($reference,[optional $asString,[optional $sortHashes]])
Serializes the memory structure pointed to by $reference, and returns a
scalar value of encoded data.
If the optional $asString is true, $reference will be encoded as string
if it is double or float.
If the optional $sortHashes is true, all hashes will be sorted before
serialization.
NOTE: Will recursively encode objects, hashes, arrays, etc.
SEE ALSO: serialize()TODO
Support diffrent object types
AUTHOR INFORMATION
Copyright (c) 2003 Jesse Brown <jbrown@cpan.org>. All rights reserved.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the same terms as Perl itself.
Various patches contributed by assorted authors on rt.cpan.org (as
detailed in Changes file).
Currently maintained by Tomas Doran <bobtfish@bobtfish.net>.
Rewritten to solve all known bugs by BjA~Xrn-Olav Strand
<bolav@cpan.org>
perl v5.14.0 2010-03-18 PHP::Serialization(3)
