Re: storing arrays

I'm having trouble storing my array to a text file, utilizing serialize() and unserialize(). Could you please show a very basic layout of the proper way to serialize and unserialize and store that to a file? Thanks. "Matt" <matt@epooch.com> wrote in message news:001e01c1b7c0$404d5be0$059aa8c0@Pooch... > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Clark" <wiseguy316@netzero.com> > Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2002 9:15 PM > > > > Two questions: > > > > 1) Is it possible to write an array to a file? > > Yes, serialize it first with http://www.php.net/serialize. You > can also > place this in a db text field because it will be a character representation. > > > 2) Is it possible to specify the name of the key to each item of an array > > when you get the array using file(). > > When retrieving the saved array, unserialize it, and you'll get the same > array back. >