what serialize does is that it allows you to store or pass data types such
as arrays, objects etc without losing their structure.
for ex, let's say you have an array
$foo=array("abc","def")
now you need to pass this array to the next page without losing the
structure. that is on the next page, you shoudl be able to do $foo[0] and
till be able to get
$foo[0] as "abc"
just do the folloowing
$passFoo=serialzie($foo);
and pass the value in $passFoo to the next page
on the next page, you should do
$foo=unserialzie($passFoo)
and doing $foo[0] should give you "abc"
try it out yourself writing some dummy code and you will understand it
better.
serialize is extremely helpful in case of storing session variables, arrrays
etc.
hope that helps
Ankur Verma
HCL Technologies
A1CD, Sec -16
Noida, UP
India
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