@@ -573,6 +573,55 @@ having unique identifiers::
573573 echo $serializer->serialize($org, 'json');
574574 // {"name":"Les-Tilleuls.coop","members":[{"name":"K\u00e9vin", organization: "Les-Tilleuls.coop"}]}
575575
576+ Handling Arrays
577+ ---------------
578+
579+ The Serializer component is capable of handling arrays of objects as well.
580+ Serializing arrays works just like serializing a single object::
581+
582+ use Acme\Person;
583+
584+ $person1 = new Person();
585+ $person1->setName('foo');
586+ $person1->setAge(99);
587+ $person1->setSportsman(false);
588+
589+ $person2 = new Person();
590+ $person2->setName('bar');
591+ $person2->setAge(33);
592+ $person2->setSportsman(true);
593+
594+ $persons = array($person1, $person2);
595+ $data = $serializer->serialize($persons, 'json');
596+
597+ // $data contains [{"name":"foo","age":99,"sportsman":false},{"name":"bar","age":33,"sportsman":true}]
598+
599+ ..versionadded ::2.8
600+ The:class: `Symfony\\ Component\\ Serializer\\ Normalizer\\ ArrayDenormalizer `
601+ class was introduced in 2.8. Prior to Symfony 2.8, only the serialization of
602+ arrays is supported.
603+
604+ If you want to deserialize such a structure, you need to add the
605+ :class: `Symfony\\ Component\\ Serializer\\ Normalizer\\ ArrayDenormalizer `
606+ to the set of normalizers. By appending ``[] `` to the type parameter of the
607+ :method: `Symfony\\ Component\\ Serializer\\ Serializer::deserialize ` method,
608+ you indicate that you're expecting an array instead of a single object.
609+
610+ ..code-block ::php
611+
612+ use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Encoder\JsonEncoder;
613+ use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Normalizer\ArrayDenormalizer;
614+ use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Normalizer\GetSetMethodNormalizer;
615+ use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Serializer;
616+
617+ $serializer = new Serializer(
618+ array(new GetSetMethodNormalizer(), new ArrayDenormalizer()),
619+ array(new JsonEncoder())
620+ );
621+
622+ $data = ...; // The serialized data from the previous example
623+ $persons = $serializer->deserialize($data, 'Acme\Person[]', 'json');
624+
576625seealso ::
577626
578627 A popular alternative to the Symfony Serializer Component is the third-party