Serialization snippets for php

serialization.php

/* Need to split into files. Changes made need to be made.

/* this portion should go in serial.php */
<?php

class Message {
	/* Insert rest of class from SDK docs */
}
/* get first cli argument */
$messageText = $argv[1];
/* init object and assign text property */
$msg = new Message();
$meg->text = $messageText;

/* serialize the Message object */
$serMsg = serialize($msg);
/* convert to b64 */
$b64Val = base64_encode($serMsg);

/* output */
echo "Serialization Text: \n";
echo $messageText;
echo "\n\n";
echo "Deserialized Result:\n";
var_dump($serMsg);
echo "\n\n";
echo "Base64 Payload: \n";
echo $b64Val;
echo "\n";

?>

/* this portion should go in deserial.php */
<?php

/* accept the base64 encoded value as the first arg */
$b64Val = $argv[1];

/* convert the value to a string */
$strVal = base64_decode($b64Val);

/* output */
echo "Deserializing Value: \n";
echo $strVal;
echo "\n\n";

/* deserialize string */
$desVal = unserialize($strVal);

/* print out value using val_dump */
echo "Deserialized Result:\n";
var_dump($desVal);
?>