--TEST-- Test serialize() & unserialize() functions: resources --FILE-- <?php /* Prototype : proto string serialize(mixed variable) * Description: Returns a string representation of variable (which can later be unserialized) * Source code: ext/standard/var.c * Alias to functions: */ /* Prototype : proto mixed unserialize(string variable_representation) * Description: Takes a string representation of variable and recreates it * Source code: ext/standard/var.c * Alias to functions: */ echo "\n--- Testing Resource ---\n"; $file_handle = fopen( __FILE__, "r" ); $serialized_data = serialize( $file_handle ); fclose($file_handle); var_dump($serialized_data); var_dump(unserialize($serialized_data)); echo "\nDone"; ?> --EXPECTF-- --- Testing Resource --- string(4) "i:%d;" int(%d) Done