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[Parsing & Serialization](/categories/parsing) 4. / 5. symfony/serializer ActiveLibrary[Parsing & Serialization](/categories/parsing) symfony/serializer ================== Handles serializing and deserializing data structures, including object graphs, into array structures or other formats like XML and JSON. v8.1.3(2w ago)2.5k336.6M—9.8%8020MITPHPPHP >=8.4.1CI passing Since Sep 26Pushed 1w ago15 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/symfony/serializer)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/symfony/serializer)[ Docs](https://symfony.com)[ Fund](https://symfony.com/sponsor)[ GitHub Sponsors](https://github.com/fabpot)[ RSS](/packages/symfony-serializer/feed)WikiDiscussions 8.2 Synced 2w ago READMEChangelog (10)Dependencies (147)Versions (797)Used By (20)Security (2) Serializer Component ==================== [](#serializer-component) The Serializer component handles serializing and deserializing data structures, including object graphs, into array structures or other formats like XML and JSON. 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