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Serialized PHP Response Format

PHP has a built-in serialized data structure format, using the serialize() and unserialize() functions.

To return an API response in PHP serialized format, send a parameter "format" in the request with a value of "php_serial".

The returned data structures match the JSON response structures - please read the JSON documentation for further details.

To perform a very simple request in PHP 5, your code might look like this:

#




# build the API URL to call




#









$params = array(




	'api_key'	=> '81e7e11aeac57ac668609d316f6388ce',




	'method'	=> 'flickr.photos.getInfo',




	'photo_id'	=> '251875545',




	'format'	=> 'php_serial',




);









$encoded_params = array();









foreach ($params as $k => $v){









	$encoded_params[] = urlencode($k).'='.urlencode($v);




}














#




# call the API and decode the response




#









$url = "http://http://www.zjjv.com///services/rest/?".implode('&', $encoded_params);









$rsp = file_get_contents($url);









$rsp_obj = unserialize($rsp);














#




# display the photo title (or an error if it failed)




#









if ($rsp_obj['stat'] == 'ok'){









	$photo_title = $rsp_obj['photo']['title']['_content'];









	echo "Title is $photo_title!";




}else{









	echo "Call failed!";




}

Examples

You can see a successful serialized PHP response here.

You can see a serialized PHP failure response here.