Posted by Justin Koivisto on 10/20/05 17:24

Andy Jeffries wrote:
> Justin Koivisto wrote:
>
>>> Just for reference (at least with PHP 4.3+) you don't need to
>>> explicitely serialize/unserialize your objects for use in Sessions.
>>> You can just do:
>>>
>>> require_once("foo.class.php");
>>> session_start();
>>> if (!is_object($_SESSION["myfoo"])) {
>>> $_SESSION["myfoo"] = new Foo();
>>> }
>>>
>>> $_SESSION["myfoo"]->bar();
>>
>>
>>
>> You would not believe the number of ISPs still running the 4.0 and 4.1
>> branches... However, it is good to point that out for those who have
>> access to newer versions. I had that in my message, but deleted it as
>> not to confuse the point.
>
>
> I'm not sure if it actually worked in older versions, it's been a while
> since I converted all my servers to 4.3...
>
> I haven't got any older versions to try it on. Have you tried it on an
> older version?

I had done it once before and did have problems with objects in
sessions, but I don't remember what version of PHP it was - of course,
it could have been that server's setup as well. I've been making a point
of not developing for versions under 4.3 as of late, and soon will be
trying to push php5 much more. (When I've had some more time to play.)

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