How can debugging techniques be applied to identify serialization issues in PHP?

Serialization issues in PHP can be identified by using debugging techniques such as printing out the serialized data, checking for errors in the serialization process, and comparing the serialized data with the original data. One common issue is trying to serialize objects with circular references, which can cause serialization to fail. To solve this, you can use the __sleep() magic method to exclude certain properties from being serialized. 

class MyClass {
    public $property1;
    public $property2;
    
    public function __sleep() {
        return array('property1'); // Exclude property2 from serialization
    }
}

$obj = new MyClass();
$obj->property1 = 'value1';
$obj->property2 = 'value2';

$serializedData = serialize($obj);
echo $serializedData;

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Serialization debugging techniques PHP var_dump unserialize

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