Re: [PHP] serialize/deserialize data

2001-02-12 Thread Ankur Verma
what serialize does is that it allows you to store or pass data types such as arrays, objects etc without losing their structure. for ex, let's say you have an array $foo=array("abc","def") now you need to pass this array to the next page without losing the structure. that is on the next page,

Re: [PHP] serialize/deserialize data

2001-02-12 Thread Steve Werby
"Brian V Bonini" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What exactly does > serialize/deserialize data > mean? See the manual at http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.serialize.php. Serializing is a way of storing values so that they retain their type and structure. Session variables are stored in this wa