- unserialize: documentation ( source)
- print_r: documentation ( source)
- serialize: documentation ( source)
<?php
// Native PHP
$products = array('horloges', 'media', 'gereedschap');
echo'<pre>';print_r($products);
// convert to a string
$string = serialize($products);
echo $string; // a:3:{i:0;s:8:"horloges";i:1;s:5:"media";i:2;s:11:"gereedschap";}
// you can reproduce the original variable
$products = unserialize($string);
echo'<pre>';print_r($products);