Re: [PHP4BETA] Session object serialisation

On Thu, 29 Jul 1999, Boris Erdmann wrote: > Stewart Morgan wrote: > > > > Hello all, > > Forgive me if this topic has already been broached, I'm new to this > > list and couldn't find a php4 archive -- does one exist? > > > > Whilst reading though session.c, the todo list at the top of the file > > mentions "add complete support for objects (partially implemented)", what I > > need to know is how partially is partially? I'm interested in storing a object > > with an array of objects if that's possible. > > > For now you can serialize objects, but php crashes when you try to > deserialize them. Anyway: the classname is not stored in the serialized > representation, thus you wont get your object<->method dependencies back. > > Use PHPLIB for now. > > > Boris Ah I see, that would explain it. Does anybody (presumably the developers) have any ideas about how to get around this and get stored objects back with their dependencies?? Maybe a function-call in the client code once the class is known about to fill in the bits which are missing (eg methods)? Thanks to all so far, keep up the good work :) Stewart Morgan -------------- - Systems Administrator Vision Interactive Ltd 18 Whiteladies Road, Clifton, Bristol, BS8 2LG. E-Mail : stewart@visint.co.uk Tel : +44 (0)117 973 0597 Fax : +44 (0)117 923 8522 WWW : http://www.visint.co.uk/ ICQ : 19149382