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https://github.com/nilportugues/php-serializer
Serialize PHP variables, including objects, in any format. Support to unserialize it too.
https://github.com/nilportugues/php-serializer
api array-transformer data-transformation hal hal-api jsend-transformer json json-api json-transformation jsonapi marshaller php php7 serialization transformer xml xml-transformation yaml yaml-transformer yml
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Serialize PHP variables, including objects, in any format. Support to unserialize it too.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/nilportugues/php-serializer
- Owner: nilportugues
- License: mit
- Created: 2015-07-03T18:40:05.000Z (about 9 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2021-07-26T09:15:09.000Z (about 3 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-09-20T14:43:48.276Z (4 days ago)
- Topics: api, array-transformer, data-transformation, hal, hal-api, jsend-transformer, json, json-api, json-transformation, jsonapi, marshaller, php, php7, serialization, transformer, xml, xml-transformation, yaml, yaml-transformer, yml
- Language: PHP
- Homepage: http://nilportugues.com
- Size: 142 KB
- Stars: 50
- Watchers: 5
- Forks: 19
- Open Issues: 7
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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README
Serializer for PHP
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- [Installation](#installation)
- [Introduction](#introduction)
- [Features](#features)
- [Serialization](#serialization)
- [Serializers (JSON, XML, YAML)](#serializers-json-xml-yaml)
- [Example](#example)
- [Custom Serializers](#custom-serializers)
- [Data Transformation](#data-transformation)
- [Array Transformer](#array-transformer)
- [Flat Array Transformer](#flat-array-transformer)
- [XML Transformer](#xml-transformer)
- [YAML Transformer](#yaml-transformer)
- [JSON Transformer](#json-transformer)
- [JSend Transformer](#jsend-transformer)
- [JSON API Transformer](#json-api-transformer)
- [HAL+JSON Transformer](#haljson-transformer)
- [Quality](#quality)
- [Contribute](#contribute)
- [Author](#author)
- [License](#license)
## Installation
Use [Composer](https://getcomposer.org) to install the package:
```json
$ composer require nilportugues/serializer
```
## Introduction
**What is serialization?**
In the context of data storage, serialization is the process of translating data structures or object state into a format that can be stored (for example, in a file or memory buffer, or transmitted across a network connection link) and reconstructed later in the same or another computer environment.
**Why not `serialize()` and `unserialize()`?**
These native functions rely on having the serialized classes loaded and available at runtime and tie your unserialization process to a `PHP` platform.
If the serialized string contains a reference to a class that cannot be instantiated (e.g. class was renamed, moved namespace, removed or changed to abstract) PHP will immediately die with a fatal error.
Is this a problem? Yes it is. Serialized data is now **unusable**.
## Features
- Serialize to **JSON**, **XML** and **YAML** formats.
- Serializes **exact copies** of the object provided:
- **All object properties**, public, protected and private are serialized.
- All properties from the current object, and all the inherited properties are read and serialized.
- Handles internal class serialization for objects such as SplFixedArray or classes implementing Traversable.
- Basic **Data Transformers provided** to convert objects to different output formats.
- **Production-ready**.
- **Extensible:** easily write your out `Serializer` format or data `Transformers`.
## Serialization
For the serializer to work, all you need to do is pass in a PHP Object to the serializer and a Strategy to implement its string representation.
### Serializers (JSON, XML, YAML)
- [NilPortugues\Serializer\JsonSerializer](https://github.com/nilportugues/serializer/blob/master/src/JsonSerializer.php)
- [NilPortugues\Serializer\XmlSerializer](https://github.com/nilportugues/serializer/blob/master/src/XmlSerializer.php)
- [NilPortugues\Serializer\YamlSerializer](https://github.com/nilportugues/serializer/blob/master/src/YamlSerializer.php)
### Example
In the following example a `$post` object is serialized into JSON.
**Code**
```php
use NilPortugues\Serializer\Serializer;
use NilPortugues\Serializer\Strategy\JsonStrategy;
//Example object
$post = new Post(
new PostId(9),
'Hello World',
'Your first post',
new User(
new UserId(1),
'Post Author'
),
[
new Comment(
new CommentId(1000),
'Have no fear, sers, your king is safe.',
new User(new UserId(2), 'Barristan Selmy'),
[
'created_at' => (new DateTime('2015/07/18 12:13:00'))->format('c'),
'accepted_at' => (new DateTime('2015/07/19 00:00:00'))->format('c'),
]
),
]
);
//Serialization
$serializer = new JsonSerializer();
$serializedObject = $serializer->serialize($post);
//Returns: true
var_dump($post == $serializer->unserialize($serializedObject));
echo $serializedObject;
```
The object, before it's transformed into an output format, is an array with all the necessary data to be rebuild using unserialize method.
**Output**
```json
{
"@type": "Acme\\\\Domain\\\\Dummy\\\\Post",
"postId": {
"@type": "Acme\\\\Domain\\\\Dummy\\\\ValueObject\\\\PostId",
"postId": {
"@scalar": "integer",
"@value": 14
}
},
"title": {
"@scalar": "string",
"@value": "Hello World"
},
"content": {
"@scalar": "string",
"@value": "Your first post"
},
"author": {
"@type": "Acme\\\\Domain\\\\Dummy\\\\User",
"userId": {
"@type": "Acme\\\\Domain\\\\Dummy\\\\ValueObject\\\\UserId",
"userId": {
"@scalar": "integer",
"@value": 1
}
},
"name": {
"@scalar": "string",
"@value": "Post Author"
}
},
"comments": {
"@map": "array",
"@value": [
{
"@type": "Acme\\\\Domain\\\\Dummy\\\\Comment",
"commentId": {
"@type": "Acme\\\\Domain\\\\Dummy\\\\ValueObject\\\\CommentId",
"commentId": {
"@scalar": "integer",
"@value": 1000
}
},
"dates": {
"@map": "array",
"@value": {
"created_at": {
"@scalar": "string",
"@value": "2015-07-18T12:13:00+00:00"
},
"accepted_at": {
"@scalar": "string",
"@value": "2015-07-19T00:00:00+00:00"
}
}
},
"comment": {
"@scalar": "string",
"@value": "Have no fear, sers, your king is safe."
},
"user": {
"@type": "Acme\\\\Domain\\\\Dummy\\\\User",
"userId": {
"@type": "Acme\\\\Domain\\\\Dummy\\\\ValueObject\\\\UserId",
"userId": {
"@scalar": "integer",
"@value": 2
}
},
"name": {
"@scalar": "string",
"@value": "Barristan Selmy"
}
}
}
]
}
}'
```
### Custom Serializers
If a custom serialization strategy is preferred, the `Serializer` class should be used instead. A `CustomStrategy` must implement the `StrategyInterface`.
Usage is as follows:
```php
use NilPortugues\Serializer\Serializer;
use NilPortugues\Serializer\Strategy\CustomStrategy;
$serializer = new Serializer(new CustomStrategy());
echo $serializer->serialize($post);
```
----
## Data Transformation
Transformer classes **greatly differ** from a `Strategy` class because these cannot `unserialize()` as all class references are lost in the process of transformation.
To obtain transformations instead of the `Serializer` class usage of `DeepCopySerializer` is required.
The Serializer library comes with a set of defined Transformers that implement the `StrategyInterface`.
Usage is as simple as before, pass a Transformer as a `$strategy`.
**For instance:**
```php
//...same as before ...
$serializer = new DeepCopySerializer(new JsonTransformer());
echo $serializer->serialize($post);
```
Following, there are some examples and its output, given the `$post` object as data to be Transformed.
### Array Transformer
- [`NilPortugues\Serializer\Transformer\ArrayTransformer`](https://github.com/nilportugues/serializer/blob/master/src/Transformer/ArrayTransformer.php)
```php
array(
'postId' => 9,
'title' => 'Hello World',
'content' => 'Your first post',
'author' => array(
'userId' => 1,
'name' => 'Post Author',
),
'comments' => array(
0 => array(
'commentId' => 1000,
'dates' => array(
'created_at' => '2015-07-18T12:13:00+02:00',
'accepted_at' => '2015-07-19T00:00:00+02:00',
),
'comment' => 'Have no fear, sers, your king is safe.',
'user' => array(
'userId' => 2,
'name' => 'Barristan Selmy',
),
),
),
);
```
### Flat Array Transformer
- [`NilPortugues\Serializer\Transformer\FlatArrayTransformer`](https://github.com/nilportugues/serializer/blob/master/src/Transformer/FlatArrayTransformer.php)
```php
array(
'postId' => 9,
'title' => 'Hello World',
'content' => 'Your first post',
'author.userId' => 1,
'author.name' => 'Post Author',
'comments.0.commentId' => 1000,
'comments.0.dates.created_at' => '2015-07-18T12:13:00+02:00',
'comments.0.dates.accepted_at' => '2015-07-19T00:00:00+02:00',
'comments.0.comment' => 'Have no fear, sers, your king is safe.',
'comments.0.user.userId' => 2,
'comments.0.user.name' => 'Barristan Selmy',
);
```
### XML Transformer
- [`NilPortugues\Serializer\Transformer\XmlTransformer`](https://github.com/nilportugues/serializer/blob/master/src/Transformer/XmlTransformer.php)
```xml
9
Hello World
Your first post
1
Post Author
1000
2015-07-18T12:13:00+02:00
2015-07-19T00:00:00+02:00
Have no fear, sers, your king is safe.
2
Barristan Selmy
```
### YAML Transformer
- [`NilPortugues\Serializer\Transformer\YamlTransformer`](https://github.com/nilportugues/serializer/blob/master/src/Transformer/YamlTransformer.php)
```yml
title: 'Hello World'
content: 'Your first post'
author:
userId: 1
name: 'Post Author'
comments:
- { commentId: 1000, dates: { created_at: '2015-07-18T12:13:00+02:00', accepted_at: '2015-07-19T00:00:00+02:00' }, comment: 'Have no fear, sers, your king is safe.', user: { userId: 2, name: 'Barristan Selmy' } }
```
### Json Transformer
JsonTransformer comes in 2 flavours. For object to JSON transformation the following transformer should be used:
- [`NilPortugues\Serializer\Transformer\JsonTransformer`](https://github.com/nilportugues/serializer/blob/master/src/Transformer/JsonTransformer.php)
**Output**
```json
{
"postId": 9,
"title": "Hello World",
"content": "Your first post",
"author": {
"userId": 1,
"name": "Post Author"
},
"comments": [
{
"commentId": 1000,
"dates": {
"created_at": "2015-07-18T13:34:55+02:00",
"accepted_at": "2015-07-18T14:09:55+02:00"
},
"comment": "Have no fear, sers, your king is safe.",
"user": {
"userId": 2,
"name": "Barristan Selmy"
}
}
]
}
```
If your desired output is for **API consumption**, you may like to check out the JsonTransformer library, or require it using:
```json
$ composer require nilportugues/json
```
### JSend Transformer
JSend Transformer has been built to transform data into valid **JSend** specification resources.
Please check out the [JSend Transformer](https://github.com/nilportugues/jsend-transformer) or download it using:
```json
$ composer require nilportugues/jsend
```
### JSON API Transformer
JSON API Transformer has been built to transform data into valid **JSON API** specification resources.
Please check out the [JSON API Transformer](https://github.com/nilportugues/jsonapi-transformer) or download it using:
```json
$ composer require nilportugues/json-api
```
### HAL+JSON Transformer
HAL+JSON Transformer has been built for **HAL+JSON API creation**. Given an object and a series of mappings a valid HAL+JSON resource representation is given as output.
Please check out the [HAL+JSON API Transformer](https://github.com/nilportugues/hal-json-transformer) or download it using:
```json
$ composer require nilportugues/haljson
```
----
## Quality
To run the PHPUnit tests at the command line, go to the tests directory and issue `phpunit`.
This library attempts to comply with [PSR-2](http://www.php-fig.org/psr/psr-2/) and [PSR-4](http://www.php-fig.org/psr/psr-4/).
If you notice compliance oversights, please send a patch via pull request.
## Contribute
Contributions to the package are always welcome!
* Report any bugs or issues you find on the [issue tracker](https://github.com/nilportugues/serializer/issues/new).
* You can grab the source code at the package's [Git repository](https://github.com/nilportugues/serializer).
## Authors
* [Nil Portugués Calderó](http://nilportugues.com)
* [The Community Contributors](https://github.com/nilportugues/serializer/graphs/contributors)
## License
The code base is licensed under the MIT license.