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  $serializedObj = serialize($myObj);
 In order to unserialize the object, use the [http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.unserialize.php unserialize()] function.  Note that the class of object must be defined in the script where unserialization takes place, or the class' methods will be lost.
+=={{header|Python}}==
+<pre>
+# Object Serialization in Python
+# serialization in python is accomplished via the Pickle module.
+# Alternatively, one can use the cPickle module if speed is the key,
+# everything else in this example remains the same.
+import pickle
+class Entity:
+	def __init__(self):
+		self.name = "Entity"
+	def printName(self):
+		print self.name
+class Person(Entity): #OldMan inherits from Entity
+	def __init__(self): #override constructor
+		self.name = "Cletus"
+instance1 = Person()
+instance1.printName()
+instance2 = Entity()
+instance2.printName()
+target = file("objects.dat", "w") # open file
+#  Serialize
+pickle.dump((instance1, instance2), target) # serialize `instance1` and `instance2`to `target`
+target.close() # flush file stream
+print "Serialized..."
+# Unserialize
+target = file("objects.dat") # load again
+i1, i2 = pickle.load(target)
+print "Unserialized..."
+i1.printName()
+i2.printName()
+</pre>
 =={{header|Ruby}}==
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        )
   puts "END LOADED DIVERSE COLLECTION"
-=={{header|Python}}==
-<pre>
-# Object Serialization in Python
-# serialization in python is accomplished via the Pickle module.
-# Alternatively, one can use the cPickle module if speed is the key,
-# everything else in this example remains the same.
-import pickle
-class Entity:
-	def __init__(self):
-		self.name = "Entity"
-	def printName(self):
-		print self.name
-class Person(Entity): #OldMan inherits from Entity
-	def __init__(self): #override constructor
-		self.name = "Cletus"
-instance1 = Person()
-instance1.printName()
-instance2 = Entity()
-instance2.printName()
-target = file("objects.dat", "w") # open file
-#  Serialize
-pickle.dump((instance1, instance2), target) # serialize `instance1` and `instance2`to `target`
-target.close() # flush file stream
-print "Serialized..."
-# Unserialize
-target = file("objects.dat") # load again
-i1, i2 = pickle.load(target)
-print "Unserialized..."
-i1.printName()
-i2.printName()
-</pre>