Re: store array in a file?

Hello Jaxon, use serialize() & unserialize() as follows: $store_in_file=serialize(your_array); //and store the details of $store_in_file in your file/database. //while retrieving read the data from file/database into store_in_file and then use the following. $retrieve_from_file=unserialize($store_in_file); $retrieve_from_file will be similar to "your_array" read the php4.0 & greater manual you will find these functions to be very helpful.. hope this serves your purpose. regards Keyur $$$$$$$ ----- Original Message ----- From: "jaxon" <jaxon@salamander.net> To: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Monday, April 16, 2001 5:02 AM Subject: [PHP] store array in a file? > > Hey all, can someone make a recommendation here? > > I want to keep site structural info pulled from a database in an array, and > store it in a flat file that can eliminate the database hit. > > Then I'll just delete the file when structure changes, and regenerate it > with a call to a recreation script that does the necessary sql once. > > So > - does this make sense? > - how to sore the array in a flat file > - any way to make the array global once loaded? > > Thanks for any pointers! > > cheers, > jaxon > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > >