Re: Hashes in text files
| From: | Miguel Cruz | Date: | Fri, 03 May 2002 08:32:53 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Hashes in text files | ||
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On Fri, 3 May 2002, Rodrigo wrote:
> Can I store Hashes in text files? If yes, how?
>
> Can I store a multi dimensional array in a text file? If not how should
> I do to store the data in one file and the "pointer" in another file?
http://php.net/serialize
That function will turn any PHP data structure into something you can
safely write to a file. Use unserialize to turn it back into its original
form.
However, based on what you plan to do, it seems like a database would be a
lot less work and a lot more efficient.
miguel