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Re: implode/explode vs serialize/unserialize

From Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net>
Newsgroups comp.lang.php
Subject Re: implode/explode vs serialize/unserialize
Date 2012-05-30 12:57 -0400
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On 5/30/2012 9:26 AM, bill wrote:
> On 5/29/2012 10:19 AM, Erwin Moller wrote:
>> On 5/29/2012 3:24 PM, bill wrote:
>>> Would one of the more knowledgeable folk discuss when it is
>>> appropriate
>>> to use implode/explode and when it is appropriate to use
>>> serialize/unserialize.
>>>
>>> It seems that for 1D arrays implode is better in that is only
>>> adds 1
>>> character per array element and serialize adds many.
>>>
>>> For objects, serialze is the only way to go.
>>>
>>> in between ?
>>>
>>> bill
>>
>> That is a vague question without more context.
>> Shooting from the hip I would suggest you use serialize only if
>> you need to store/transport a complex structure.
>> And use implode and explode only when you want to create a string
>> from a simple array (no arrays in arrays), and the other way around.
>>
>>
>
> Erwin,
>
> Your shot from the hip is exactly what I was looking for - thanks.
>
> As a learner of PHP, the context is that both are used to convert arrays
> to a form that can be stored in a mysql database.
>
> bill

Which would violate rdb normalization rules...

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implode/explode vs serialize/unserialize bill <william@TechServSys.com> - 2012-05-29 09:24 -0400
  Re: implode/explode vs serialize/unserialize Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-05-29 09:53 -0400
  Re: implode/explode vs serialize/unserialize Erwin Moller <erwinmollerusenet@xs4all.nl> - 2012-05-29 16:19 +0200
    Re: implode/explode vs serialize/unserialize Erwin Moller <erwinmollerusenet@xs4all.nl> - 2012-05-29 16:22 +0200
    Re: implode/explode vs serialize/unserialize bill <william@TechServSys.com> - 2012-05-30 09:26 -0400
      Re: implode/explode vs serialize/unserialize Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-05-30 12:57 -0400
        Re: implode/explode vs serialize/unserialize Scott Johnson <noonehome@chalupasworld.com> - 2012-05-30 13:35 -0700
          Re: implode/explode vs serialize/unserialize Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-05-30 17:37 -0400
            Re: implode/explode vs serialize/unserialize Scott Johnson <noonehome@chalupasworld.com> - 2012-05-31 16:45 -0700
      Re: implode/explode vs serialize/unserialize Erwin Moller <erwinmollerusenet@xs4all.nl> - 2012-05-30 20:37 +0200
      Re: implode/explode vs serialize/unserialize Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-05-30 22:34 +0200
  Re: implode/explode vs serialize/unserialize Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-05-29 16:07 +0200

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