Serializable::serialize

(PHP 5 >= 5.1.0)

Serializable::serialize — String representation of object

abstract public string Serializable::serialize ( void )

Should return the string representation of the object.

Note:
This method acts as the destructor of the object. The __destruct() method will not be called after this method.

This function has no parameters.

Returns the string representation of the object or NULL

Throws Exception when returning other types then strings and NULL