You can use $_SESSION to store the object, and serialize to convert to string and reverse http://ar2.php.net/manual/en/language.oop.serialization.php // file one.php require 'user.php'; $user = new User(); $_SESSION[ 'user' ] = serialize( $user ); // file two.php require 'user.php'; // the class needs to be declared $user = unserialize( $_SESSION[ 'user' ] ); I think this is the cleanest way to do, but no the best performant. If you need performance you can use the interface serializable http://ar2.php.net/manual/en/class.serializable.php If you need a resources (like a db connection) you can implement __sleep and __wakeup in your class http://ar2.php.net/manual/en/language.oop.magic-functions.php On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 12:11 AM, James Colannino <james@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > Hey everyone, > > Long time reader, not such a long time poster :-P (though I have posted > to the list occasionally in the past...) > > Anyway, I have a general question for the list. Basically, I need to > maintain persistent objects between page refreshes. So, for example, if > while running a PHP script the first time I create an instance of class > foo, the next time the script is run (when the browser reloads the page) > I can again access that same instance of foo. > > I know that there's no way to truly do that, since a script only runs > while generating output for the browser, but my question is, in the > group's opinion, what's the best way to mimic this sort of behavior > using temporary storage? Should I be using temporary files? > > I can think of at least a couple ways to do it, but I'd like to get some > opinions as to "best practice" techniques, which take both security and > relative efficiency into account. I would want to make sure that data > isn't shared between multiple concurrent sessions, which would be a bad > thing for what I'm doing. my oh-so-limited knowledge of PHP is shining > through, I think :) > > Thanks so much! > > James > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- Martin Scotta
