Posted by Stan McCann on 12/18/91 11:51

"Csaba Gabor" <danswer@gmail.com> wrote in
news:1151448359.726025.205270@j72g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:

> Hi, I am drawing a total blank on this... I'm sure that I've seen it
> in javascript or PHP... I'm looking for a function that takes a
> variable (such as an array) and reduces it to a string which can be
> reconstituted. I remember that it does slightly more work than
> needed because all the types were specifically indicated even when
> they were self evident, but I can't remember the function's name.
> There is some unencoding function to go in reverse.
>
> Would someone help me out and name the function I'm thinking of,
> please.

implode() and explode (PHP 3, 4 and 5)

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