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Serialize object/array properties, using different rules for each property.

Usage

use Harp\Serializer;

$serializers = new Serializer\Serializers([
    new Serializer\Native('nativeSerializerdArray'),
    new Serializer\Csv('csvString'),
    new Serializer\Json('jsonProperty'),
]);

$obj = new stdClass();

$obj->nativeSerializerdArray = array('test' => 'param');
$obj->csvString = array('val', 'val2');
$obj->jsonProperty = array('test' => 'asd');

$serializers->serialize($obj);

// Will output:
// stdClass Object
// (
//     [nativeSerializerdArray] => a:1:{s:4:"test";s:5:"param";}
//     [csvString] => val,val2
//     [jsonProperty] => {"test":"asd"}
// )
print_r($obj);

// Will unserialize all the relevant properties
$serializers->unserialize($obj);

Object Serialization

If you have an object that implements Serializable, but does not use the native php serialization you can use Object Serializer, greatly reducing the object's string footprint.

use Serializable;

class SimpleObject implements Serializable
{
    public $prop1;
    public $prop2;

    public function serialize()
    {
        return $this->prop1.','.$this->prop2;
    }

    public function unserialize($data)
    {
        list($this->prop1, $this->prop2) = explode(',', $data);
    }
}

$serializers = new Serializer\Serializers([
    new Serializer\Object('test', 'SimpleObject'),
]);

$obj = new stdClass();
$obj->test = new SimpleObject();
$obj->test->prop1 = 10;
$obj->test->prop2 = 20;

$serializers->serialize($obj);

// Will output:
// stdClass Object
// (
//     [test] => 10,20
// )
print_r($obj);

// Will unserialize all the relevant properties
$serializers->unserialize($obj);

Harp ORM Integration

Serializer is integrated into Harp ORM and gives you the ability to store arbitrary data in your database, by serializing the model's properties.

For example holding an api response in a "response" field.

// Model
class Payment extends AbstractModel
{
    public $id;
    public $response;
}

// Repo
class Payment extends AbstractRepo
{
    public function initialize()
    {
        $this
            ->addSerializers([
                new Serializer\Json('response'),
            ]);
    }
}

$model = new Model\Payment(['response' => $someArray]);

// The response property will get serialized as a json string.
Repo\Payment::get()->save($model);

SerializersTrait

This trait gives you the ability to easily add serializers to another object.

class TestConfig {
    use SerializersTrait;
}

$config = new TestConfig();

$config
    ->serializeCsv('name');

// Return the Asserts object
$config->getSerializers();

Here are all the methods added by this trait.

License

Copyright (c) 2014, Clippings Ltd. Developed by Ivan Kerin

Under BSD-3-Clause license, read LICENSE file.