Re: References in the session
| From: | Johannes Schlüter | Date: | Thu, 23 Feb 2017 01:10:45 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: References in the session | ||
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On Wed, 2017-02-22 at 15:01 +0100, Côme Chilliet wrote:
> Hello,
>
> In the $_SESSION documentation we can see the following warning: "You
> can't use references in session variables as there is no feasible way
> to restore a reference to another variable."
Actually with register_globals gone that requirement should be gone so
we should be able to use the same rules as in other serialisation. The
biggest issue is compatibility of the serialized form (during an update
sessions might be shared between different versions of PHP in some
setups, with some persistent storage even longer)
johannes