<?php show_source(end(explode('/',$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']))); echo "<hr>"; ?>
<?php

class User{
    private $name;
    private $id;
    public function __construct($name, $id){
        $this->setName($name);
        $this->setId($id);
    }
    public function setName($name){
        $this->name = $name;
    }
    public function getName(){
        return $this->name;
    }
    public function setId($id){
        $this->id = $id;
    }
    public function getId(){
        return $this->id;
    }
}

$me = new User('Toby Boudreaux', 'tobyjoe', 1001);

$serialized = serialize($me);

echo "$serialized\r\n";

$new_me = unserialize($serialized);

print_r($new_me);

?>

O:4:"User":2:{s:10:"Username";s:14:"Toby Boudreaux";s:8:"Userid";s:7:"tobyjoe";} User Object ( [name:User:private] => Toby Boudreaux [id:User:private] => tobyjoe )