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PHP::Serialization.3pm

NAME

PHP::Serialization - simple flexible means of converting the output of PHP's serialize() into the equivalent Perl memory structure, and vice versa.

SYNOPSIS

         use PHP::Serialization qw(serialize unserialize);
         my $encoded = serialize({ a => 1, b => 2});
         my $hashref = unserialize($encoded);
 
 

DESCRIPTION

         Provides a simple, quick means of serializing perl memory structures (including object data!) into a format that PHP can deserialize() and access, and vice versa. 
 
         NOTE: Converts PHP arrays into Perl Arrays when the PHP array used exclusively numeric indexes, and into Perl Hashes then the PHP array did not.
 
 

FUNCTIONS

Exportable functions..

serialize($var)

         Serializes the memory structure pointed to by $var, and returns a scalar value of encoded data. 
 
         NOTE: Will recursively encode objects, hashes, arrays, etc. 
 
         SEE ALSO: ->encode()
 
 

unserialize($encoded,[optional CLASS])

   Deserializes the encoded data in $encoded, and returns a value (be it a hashref, arrayref, scalar, etc) representing the data structure serialized in $encoded_string.
 
   If the optional CLASS is specified, any objects are blessed into CLASS::$serialized_class. Otherwise, Objects are blessed into PHP::Serialization::Object::$serialized_class. (which has no methods)
 
         SEE ALSO: ->decode()
 
 

METHODS

Functionality available if using the object interface..

decode($encoded_string,[optional CLASS])

   Deserializes the encoded data in $encoded, and returns a value (be it a hashref, arrayref, scalar, etc) representing the data structure serialized in $encoded_string.
 
   If the optional CLASS is specified, any objects are blessed into CLASS::$serialized_class. Otherwise, Objects are blessed into PHP::Serialization::Object::$serialized_class. (which has no methods)
 
         SEE ALSO: unserialize()
 
 

encode($reference)

         Serializes the memory structure pointed to by $var, and returns a scalar value of encoded data. 
 
         NOTE: Will recursively encode objects, hashes, arrays, etc. 
 
         SEE ALSO: serialize()
 
 

BUGS

         None known yet, feel free to report some!
 
 

TODO

         Make faster! (and more efficent?)
 
 

AUTHOR INFORMATION

  Copyright (c) 2003 Jesse Brown <jbrown@cpan.org>. All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.