Supported Versions: PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8
Generates a storable representation of a value
<?php serialize(mixed $value): string
<?php             $package['dist'] = array(

                'type' => 'path',

                'url' => $url,

                'reference' => sha1($json . serialize($this->options)),

            );

            $package['transport-options'] = $this->options;

            unset($package['transport-options']['versions']);