jsonToSerial

jsonToSerial

Safely converts a valid JSON string directly into a PHP serialized string.

Usage

jsonToSerial(string $json): string

Parameters

json (string) : The JSON string to decode and serialize.

Return Value

(string) : Returns a PHP serialized string representation of the decoded data structure on success. : Returns a serialized empty array (a:0:{}) if the JSON string is malformed or decodes into a non-array scalar value.

📌 Chains jsonToArray and arrayToSerial to safely normalize input data prior to serialization.

Examples

$cphp->jsonToSerial('{"id":10,"user":"name","active":true}');
// Result: a:3:{s:2:"id";i:10;s:4:"user";s:4:"name";s:6:"active";b:1;}

$cphp->jsonToSerial('{bad_json}');
// Result: a:0:{} (Logs a warning)

Debug Errors

• Triggers a warning via underlying jsonToArray if there was an issue decoding the JSON.

Related Methods

jsonToArray | jsonToObject | serialToJson

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