Re: serialize datatype for MDB2

Lukas Smith wrote: >> Lukas Smith wrote: > > $array = array('foo'); > $mdb2->quote($array); // returns a serialized string because no datatype > was giving > $mdb2->quote($array, 'text') // would probably give a notice due to an > implict array to string cast done by php > $mdb2->quote($array, 'serialize') // returns a serialized string as > requested > > $result = $mdb2->query('SELECT someint, somearray FROM foo', > array('integer', 'serialize')); > $row = $result->fetchRow() // would return an array with an integer and > whatever was serialized into the somearray column My expierience is that it is a good practise to always set the datatype.. Thus, there should be no strange behaviour. I'm +1 for that datatype :-) Note: This also allowes to easily store objects in your database. Regards, Matthias