Re: [PHP] Persistent data between two executions

2009-06-17 Thread LinuxManMikeC
(Man, this reply-all takes some getting used to...) As long as your objects don't contain any reference variables (see manual) you can just assign the object to an element of $_SESSION and leave it at that. The session management code takes care of the serialization. So you're just duplicating w

Re: [PHP] Persistent data between two executions

2009-06-16 Thread James Colannino
Martin Scotta wrote: > You can use $_SESSION to store the object, and serialize to convert to > string and reverse I like that idea. I think I may end up going that route. I have one question. This is VERY hypothetical, and mostly just to satisfy a curiosity, but let's assume that you write an

Re: [PHP] Persistent data between two executions

2009-06-16 Thread Martin Scotta
You can use $_SESSION to store the object, and serialize to convert to string and reverse http://ar2.php.net/manual/en/language.oop.serialization.php // file one.php require 'user.php'; $user = new User(); $_SESSION[ 'user' ] = serialize( $user ); // file two.php require 'user.php'; // the cla

[PHP] Persistent data between two executions

2009-06-16 Thread James Colannino
Hey everyone, Long time reader, not such a long time poster :-P (though I have posted to the list occasionally in the past...) Anyway, I have a general question for the list. Basically, I need to maintain persistent objects between page refreshes. So, for example, if while running a PHP script