Re: Question about array limits & practicallity

On Wed, 2004-01-21 at 23:07, Joe Harman wrote: > I am curious how much data an array can hold.. And what the pros and > cons are. How much memory have you allowed PHP to consume? > Example.. I am making a testing system that will give a student a 102 > question test... > > The test would be generated so that each one is different... So would it > be practical to load all 102 questions and their options into an array > and store that array into a session? You could. 102 questions probably isn't very large. > Also can I store those arrays as a blob in MySQL? You could, but you'd be better off storing them in normalized tables IMHO. Cheers, Rob. -- .------------------------------------------------------------. | InterJinn Application Framework - http://www.interjinn.com | :------------------------------------------------------------: | An application and templating framework for PHP. Boasting | | a powerful, scalable system for accessing system services | | such as forms, properties, sessions, and caches. InterJinn | | also provides an extremely flexible architecture for | | creating re-usable components quickly and easily. | `------------------------------------------------------------'