Add utility method _serialize()

SHyx0rmZ · SHyx0rmZ · commit 08c5ab7dc8d8 · 2015-07-09T17:47:35.000+02:00
diff --git a/src/Redis.php b/src/Redis.php
@@ -3020,6 +3020,26 @@ public function _prefix( $value ) {}
      */
     public function _unserialize( $value ) {}
 
+    /**
+     * A utility method to serialize values manually. This method allows you to serialize a value with whatever
+     * serializer is configured, manually. This can be useful for serialization/unserialization of data going in
+     * and out of EVAL commands as phpredis can't automatically do this itself.  Note that if no serializer is
+     * set, phpredis will change Array values to 'Array', and Objects to 'Object'.
+     * @param   mixed   $value  The value to be serialized.
+     * @return  mixed
+     * @example
+     * <pre>
+     * $redis->setOption(Redis::OPT_SERIALIZER, Redis::SERIALIZER_NONE);
+     * $redis->_serialize("foo"); // returns "foo"
+     * $redis->_serialize(Array()); // Returns "Array"
+     * $redis->_serialize(new stdClass()); // Returns "Object"
+     *
+     * $redis->setOption(Redis::OPT_SERIALIZER, Redis::SERIALIZER_PHP);
+     * $redis->_serialize("foo"); // Returns 's:3:"foo";'
+     * </pre>
+     */
+    public function _serialize( $value ) {}
+
     /**
      * Dump a key out of a redis database, the value of which can later be passed into redis using the RESTORE command.
      * The data that comes out of DUMP is a binary representation of the key as Redis stores it.
