serialize object & global sessionvariable

[Steffel]

hi,
I'm searching for a possibility to store an object as a global variable for all existing sessions.
the aim is to create a caching system:
every time a query is called the caching system should ask for existing objects.
if there is one return this, else get the database result, create a new object with this result and return the object

but i dont know how to get really global variables like in java...

thx for your help,

steffel

[superwormy]

PHP doesn't have this ability built in, you'll have to build your own little caching system if you want something simliar to Javas global to everything objects.

Store the serialize()'d object in a text file and read the data everytime your page gets a hit.

[daveyboy]

this works in java because you are running your own webserver/application and you can store persistent objects at the app level.

with php, apache is the webserver and your php script will only run for a second or so. because the scripts aren't running within your own application and you can't use apache to store data, data cannot persist beyond the end of each script.

as said above, you will want to serialize the object, but if using text files, you should use file-locking as well, so your objects don't get corrupted. storing them in a db would be simpler.