jms/serializer-bundle 5.4.0

The jms/serializer-bundle is a composer package that allows you to easily serialize and deserialize data of any complexity in PHP. This powerful tool integrates the serializer library into Symfony - a PHP framework for web applications. The goal of serialization is to transform object data into a format that can be stored or transmitted and be reconstructed later. The serialization process can handle complex data structures, converting them into a single string of text which makes it feasible for storing or transmitting across network calls.

To use jms/serializer-bundle, first, ensure you have composer installed in your system then run the command: composer require jms/serializer-bundle. Once that is done, you can seamlessly integrate this bundle with your Symfony framework. In your PHP code, you can now use the serialization and deserialization services via dependency injection.

For example, to use serialization you can do something like this:

$serializer = $this->get('jms_serializer');
$jsonContent = $serializer->serialize($data, 'json');

The above code will serialize your $data into a JSON string.

To use deserialization, you can do the following :

$serializer = $this->get('jms_serializer');
$data = $serializer->deserialize($jsonContent, 'YourClassName', 'json');

This will take a JSON string $jsonContent and convert or deserialize it back into an object of type YourClassName.

Comprehensive documentation to understand more about jms/serializer-bundle and its rich features is available at JMS Serializer Bundle Documentation. Here, you'll find detailed explanations and usage examples to get you started and solve the most common—and even some rare—problems you may encounter.