what is serialization in php code example

Example 1: php array serialize

//If you plan to serialize and store it in file or database use below syntax
//to safely serialize
$safe_string_to_store = base64_encode(serialize($multidimensional_array));

//to unserialize...
$array_restored_from_db = unserialize(base64_decode($encoded_serialized_string));

Example 2: serializer in php

serializer in php
 PHP: serialize()