- var_dump: documentation ( source)
- json_decode: documentation ( source)
- unserialize: documentation ( source)
- serialize: documentation ( source)
- json_encode: documentation ( source)
<?php
$someJson = '{"":""}';
$myObject = json_decode($someJSON);
$newJson = json_encode($myObject);
var_dump($someJson, $newJson, $someJson === $newJson);
$myObject = (object)[""=>""];
$serialized = serialize($myObject);
var_dump($myObject, $serialized);
$unserialized = unserialize($myObject);
var_dump($unserialized);