Serialize PHP array

This form allows you convert PHP array to serialized string, you only need to insert the array syntax [...] or array(...), paste or upload your array below:

About this tool

The Serialize PHP array was created for online converting array of PHP into appropriate serialized string. This can come in handy for testing or debugging your arrays, also for fast formatting and adding serialized string to your config or anywhere else.

How it Works?

Just paste your PHP array to the textarea above and click to the button "Convert" and you will get serialized string in the next textarea. PHP array should be without variables and functions, there should be a clean syntax like [...] or array(...).

Example of serializing a php array

[
  'first_section' => [
    'one' => '1',
    'test' => 'sample',
    'job' => 'DEVELOPER',
  ],
  'second_section' => [
    'path' => '/var/test',
    'URL' => 'https://wtools.io/',
    'second_section' => [
      'one' => '1 associated',
      'two' => '2 associated',
      0 => '1 unassociated',
      1 => '2 unassociated',
    ],
  ],
  'third_section' => [
    'version' => ['7.0','7.1','7.2','7.3'],
  ],
]

a:3:{s:13:"first_section";a:3:{s:3:"one";s:1:"1";s:4:"test";s:6:"sample";s:3:"job";s:9:"DEVELOPER";}s:14:"second_section";a:3:{s:4:"path";s:9:"/var/test";s:3:"URL";s:18:"https://wtools.io/";s:14:"second_section";a:4:{s:3:"one";s:12:"1 associated";s:3:"two";s:12:"2 associated";i:0;s:14:"1 unassociated";i:1;s:14:"2 unassociated";}}s:13:"third_section";a:1:{s:7:"version";a:4:{i:0;s:3:"7.0";i:1;s:3:"7.1";i:2;s:3:"7.2";i:3;s:3:"7.3";}}}