Posted by Toby Inkster on 12/20/06 09:15

powellgg wrote:

> .Net has no corresponding method for unserialize() and I can't find
> where the page/site does the initial serialization. Is there an
> underlying serialization when it is creating the cookie? If the first
> line is setting a null value to the cookie, why would the second line
> try to read it? It's going to be the same every time... right?

serialize() converts from a nested array structure to a string.
unserialize() converts back the other way. This provides a convenient
method of storing a nested array structure into a file, database or
cookie.

These functions are very PHP-specific, though some people have written
functions to deal with PHP-style serialization in other languages. Of
interest to you might be:

http://csphpserial.sf.net/

In general though, I tend to recommend *against* rewriting code just
because it's in a language you don't know. You may have a very good
reason to be rewriting this website, but do consider whether a full
rewrite is the best solution, or whether it might be better to learn
some PHP and maintain the website that way. It's always a good idea
to expand ones repetoire of skills.

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Toby A Inkster BSc (Hons) ARCS
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