Variant SAFEARRAY

[Ritter63]

Hi,

I'm trying to work with serialized objects to pass through two different pages. For this I intend to use the $_SESSION var. But there is a problem.

I have to call a function from a third party piece of software that returns a SAFEARRAY. That function is the serialize function BTW.

But when I try to deserialize it tells me the array is not valid. In ASP the same third party software works perfectly. The problem is most likely the ability of PHP to handle SAFEARRAYs. I could really use some help on this.

What is PHP's problem? and how can I solve it?

Ritter63.

[Weedpacket]

What does a SAFEARRAY look like? I'm guessing it's nothing like a PHP-serialized array. That's a whole 'nother language, capice?

[Installer]

From the summary of the first google result for "safearray":

The definition for a safearray varies...

Following that link shows it to be a C structure.

A search for "safearray php" turns up this manual page (which essentially says "Do not use").

[Ritter63]

First I'd like to thank the both of you for your responses.

I was aware of the fact that SAFEARRAY was of a completly different language. It is used in a C++ piece of 3rd party software. But I'll have to figure out a way to work with it anyway. I'd just hoped PHP would have been up to the task.

Therefor I'm forced to use the SAFEARRAY. PHP has my preference but if this is not possible I will have to change to ASP or something.

Ritter63

[Ritter63]

I seem to have forgotten to mention the fact that I'm communicating with the third party software through COM objects. Which all goes well BTW