It’s as simple as this:
using PhpSerializerNET;
string serializedData = PhpSerialization.Serialize(myData);
Simple types here means strings, integers, doubles, and null. They are very straight forward in how they map.
Console.WriteLine(PhpSerialization.Serialize("Hello World"));
// Output: s:11:"Hello World";
Console.WriteLine(PhpSerialization.Serialize(12345));
// Output: i:12345;
Console.WriteLine(PhpSerialization.Serialize(true));
// Output: b:1;
Console.WriteLine(PhpSerialization.Serialize(null));
// Output: N;
Console.WriteLine(PhpSerialization.Serialize(3.1415));
// Output: d:3.1415;
These are your data structures. Anything ICollection, arrays, structs and objects.
These will always use the array notation of a:<length>:{<data>}.
IList and arrays will be serialized using integer keys, starting with an index of 0.
Console.WriteLine(PhpSerialization.Serialize(new List<int>(){ 10, 20, 30 });
// Output: a:3:{i:0;i:10;i:1;i:20;i:2;i:30;}
Console.WriteLine(PhpSerialization.Serialize(new int[]{ 10, 20, 30 });
// Output: a:3:{i:0;i:10;i:1;i:20;i:2;i:30;}
IDictionary implementations will use whatever key is used in the dictionary instead of the integer. PHP arrays are always associative arrays with arbitrary keys, so this is perfectly valid.
Console.WriteLine(PhpSerialization.Serialize(
new Dictionary<object, object>{
{ "a", 10 },
{ 1, 20 },
{ true, 30 },
}
);
// Output: a:3:{s:1:"a";i:10;i:1;i:20;b:1;i:30;}
By default, objects and structs will be serialized into an array with string keys.
You can instead use object notation by annotating your type declaration with [PhpClass] or by implementing IPhpObject.
By default, enums are serialized into strings, using their .ToString() representation. You can also specify integer serialization with the NumericEnums option.