Trying to remember a function's name

Hi, I am drawing a total blank on this... I'm sure that I've seen it in
javascript or PHP... I'm looking for a function that takes a variable
(such as an array) and reduces it to a string which can be
reconstituted. I remember that it does slightly more work than needed
because all the types were specifically indicated even when they were
self evident, but I can't remember the function's name. There is some
unencoding function to go in reverse.

Would someone help me out and name the function I'm thinking of,
please.

Thanks,
Csaba Gabor

re: Trying to remember a function's name

On 27 Jun 2006 15:45:59 -0700, "Csaba Gabor" <danswer@gmail.com> wrote:
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>I am drawing a total blank on this... I'm sure that I've seen it in
>javascript or PHP... I'm looking for a function that takes a variable
>(such as an array) and reduces it to a string which can be
>reconstituted.[/color]

serialize.

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re: Trying to remember a function's name

"Csaba Gabor" <danswer@gmail.com> wrote in
news:1151448359.726025.205270@j72g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com:
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> Hi, I am drawing a total blank on this... I'm sure that I've seen it
> in javascript or PHP... I'm looking for a function that takes a
> variable (such as an array) and reduces it to a string which can be
> reconstituted. I remember that it does slightly more work than
> needed because all the types were specifically indicated even when
> they were self evident, but I can't remember the function's name.
> There is some unencoding function to go in reverse.
>
> Would someone help me out and name the function I'm thinking of,
> please.[/color]

implode() and explode (PHP 3, 4 and 5)

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re: Trying to remember a function's name

Andy Hassall wrote:[color=blue]
> On 27 Jun 2006 15:45:59 -0700, "Csaba Gabor" <danswer@gmail.com> wrote:
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> >I am drawing a total blank on this... I'm sure that I've seen it in
> >javascript or PHP... I'm looking for a function that takes a variable
> >(such as an array) and reduces it to a string which can be
> >reconstituted.[/color]
>
> serialize.[/color]

Yep, that's it. Thanks very much,
Csaba Gabor from Vienna