RAA - php-serialize

Provides PHP::serialize() and PHP::unserialize() methods which are compatible with the respective PHP functions for dumping and loading data structures.

This allows for the manipulation of PHP data structures (including objects and associative arrays) within Ruby, and vice-versa, which can be handy when, for example, you wish to update PHP cache files with a cron entry written in Ruby. It may even be used as an alternative to the Marshal library if you're so inclined.