cvs: phpdoc /en/functions var.xml

goba Sat Mar 30 11:48:55 2002 EDT Modified files: /phpdoc/en/functions var.xml Log: Some clarifications on unserialize() Index: phpdoc/en/functions/var.xml diff -u phpdoc/en/functions/var.xml:1.101 phpdoc/en/functions/var.xml:1.102 --- phpdoc/en/functions/var.xml:1.101 Sat Mar 30 06:30:56 2002 +++ phpdoc/en/functions/var.xml Sat Mar 30 11:48:55 2002 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> -<!-- $Revision: 1.101 $ --> +<!-- $Revision: 1.102 $ --> <reference id="ref.variables"> <title>Variable Functions</title> <titleabbrev>Variables</titleabbrev> @@ -1133,8 +1133,6 @@ back into a PHP value. The converted value is returned, and can be an <type>integer</type>, <type>float</type>, <type>string</type>, <type>array</type> or <type>object</type>. - If an object was serialized, its methods are not preserved in the - returned value. </simpara> <note> <para> @@ -1144,7 +1142,7 @@ Use your &php.ini;, <function>ini_set</function> or .htaccess-file to define 'unserialize_callback_func'. Everytime an undefined class should be instanciated, it'll be called. - To disable this feature just empty this global variable. + To disable this feature just empty this setting. </para> </note> <para> @@ -1179,9 +1177,9 @@ <title><function>unserialize</function> example</title> <programlisting role="php"> <![CDATA[ -// Here, we use unserialize() to load session data from a database -// into $session_data. This example complements the one described -// with <function>serialize</function>. +// Here, we use unserialize() to load session data to the +// $session_data array from the string selected from a database. +// This example complements the one described with serialize(). $conn = odbc_connect ("webdb", "php", "chicken"); $stmt = odbc_prepare ($conn, "SELECT data FROM sessions WHERE id = ?"); @@ -1193,8 +1191,8 @@ // we should now have the serialized data in $tmp[0]. $session_data = unserialize ($tmp[0]); if (!is_array ($session_data)) { - // something went wrong, initialize to empty array - $session_data = array(); + // something went wrong, initialize to empty array + $session_data = array(); } } ]]>