Thanks very much, I ended up using seralize in the database. On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 4:42 AM, Casey <heavyccasey@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 4:04 AM, Waynn Lue <waynnlue@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I'm using PHP to cache files that are backed by the database. In the > > course of writing these functions, I end up with a set of variables > > that are needed by my application, returned in an array. I can either > > directly generate the array in a .php file, then use require_once to > > get that variable, or I can use PHP serialization, write that array > > out to a file, then in my application read the array in, deserialize, > > etc. > > > > I spent awhile trying to look at the performance of php serialization, > > but except for one unsubstantiated comment on the php serialize() doc > > page, I haven't found much. Does anyone have any knowledge of that, > > and also of the two approaches in general? The pro of the > > serialization is that I think it's slightly easier to write, but the > > con is that it's harder to read. > > > > Thanks! > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > > According to this > (http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.var-export.php#76099), > serialize is faster than var_export. > > -- > -Casey > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
