javascript "serialize"

Is there a function like serialize (http://php.net/serialize) in php ? :)

there isn't one as far as I can tell. however, you could always use this WDDX method (http://academy.bhtafe.edu.au/hwiebell/Wddx_SDK/Code_Listings/Viewable_As_Text/Serialize_htm.html).

also, JS is a weakly typed language, so can't really see the point. what you could do, though, is create a new array and add it to it, something like this:

(serial=[]).push(variable);

you could always use JSRS or XHR to communicate with PHP and use that to serialize/deserialize the data. that might be the best method.

Thanks guy , but using WDDX is not fully support in PHP (to my knowledge , it's only supported on Win32 OS , is it right ?) , i will try XHR

What exactly are you wanting to do with your data? (And what kind of data?)

You might be able to adapt the script from this thread (http://www.codingforums.com/showthread.php?t=55746), which dumps arrays into javascript-source strings.

Or this start to a serialize function (http://www.codingforums.com/showthread.php?p=315540#post315540).

I want to pass data between PHP and Js .

Using XHR or JSCR is too large . So i intend to save the serialized string to cookie , and PHP will unserialize the cookie to get the data (i don't want to pass data in URL because , there will be limited , right :) ? )

Can you help me more plz !

Another question :

Did anyone write a function to unserialize PHP String to Javascript Variable ?

Did anyone write a function to unserialize PHP String to Javascript Variable ?

why don't you google and find out for yourself ...

Here (http://www.coolcode.cn/?p=171) is a best PHP serialize/unserialize implementation for javascript.

It can serialize/unserialize N,b,i,d,s,U,r,R,a,O,C.

It is included in PHPRPC (http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=163368)

I know this is an old thread, but I made a function to serialize a javascript array in a way php can unserialize it.

function serializeArray(a)
{
var serializedString = '';
var arrayLength = 0;
for(var aKey in a)
{
//key definition
if(aKey * 1 == aKey) //is_numeric?
{
//integer keys look like i:key
serializedString += 'i:' + aKey + ';';
}
else
{
//string keys look like s:key_length:key;
serializedString += 's:' + aKey.length + ':"' + aKey + '";';
}

//value definition
if(a[aKey] * 1 == a[aKey])
{
//integer value look like i:value
serializedString += 'i:' + a[aKey] + ';';
}
else if(typeof(a[aKey]) == "string")
{
//string value look like s:key_length:value;
serializedString += 's:' + a[aKey].length + ':"' + a[aKey] + '";';
}
else if(a[aKey] instanceof Array)
{
serializedString += serializeArray(a[aKey]);
}
arrayLength++;
}
serializedString = 'a:' + arrayLength + ':{' + serializedString + '}';

return serializedString;
}

- Parris