Req #54383 [NEW]: extend the usage of session_encode/session_decode

From: Operating system: PHP version: 5.3.6 Package: Session related Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description:extend the usage of session_encode/session_decode Description: ------------ I always wondered about the rationale about the session_encode/decode in it's current form, but Chris Shiflett's blogpost made me to open this bugreport: http://shiflett.org/blog/2011/mar/php-session-debugging I would propose two changes: - add a new optional array argument for session_encode, if it is passed, then encode that instead of the $_SESSION array. - add a new optional boolean argument for session_decode, if that sets to true (default is false), then the decoded session array is returned instead of inserted to $_SESSION obviously the documentation about the return variable for session_decode should also be updated to reflect this change. this should be backward compatible change, but it would allow us to encode/decode an arbitary serialized session without the need to save and reload the contents of the current $_SESSION array. -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=54383&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54383&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54383&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54383&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54383&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54383&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54383&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54383&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54383&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54383&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54383&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54383&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54383&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54383&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54383&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54383&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54383&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54383&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54383&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54383&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54383&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54383&r=mysqlcfg