note 20482 added to function.serialize

There is actually a special fieldtype in (My)SQL to store arrays and objects. This type is called BLOB. It also has a TINY, MEDIUM and LONG variant to suit your space needs. This is actually quite the same as an TEXTfield (see the manual). The only difference seems to be that you dont have to add the slashes. If you just store the serialized object in the database you can pull it back out and unserialize it without having to add and strip slashes. I think this is the only use for the BLOB type but a very usefull one. -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.serialize.php http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+20482 http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+20482 http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+20482