serialize() (was Re: [PHPLIB-DEV] Re: [PHPLIB] phplib - changes proposal) From: Sascha Schumann (sascha <email protected>)
Date: 10/28/99

On Thu, Oct 28, 1999 at 12:42:31PM +0200, Boris Erdmann wrote:
>
> The old serializer should painlessly be replaceble by
> the following (maybe with little modifications at
> where _serialize() is called):

    Just to throw an idea into the discussion: Why don't we use
    PHP's built-in serialization for primitive data types?

    There are a number of advantages:

    - eval leaks memory
    - ereg_replace is slow

    For example, Boris' code used

    eval('$ser.="$$var=\'".ereg_replace("\'","\\\'",$'.$var.')."\';";');
    
    this could be rewritten as

    $ser .= "\$$var=unserialize('".serialize($$var)."');";

    Do I miss anything? 

-- 

          Regards,

                            Sascha Schumann
                                 Consultant
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