why serialize ??
Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2014 11:53 pm
checkout the below loggin function :
i don't really get this line :
Why is serialize being used ???
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public function login($username, $password)
{
$hashedPassword = md5($password);
$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM users WHERE username = '$username' AND password = '$hashedPassword'");
if(mysql_num_rows($result) == 1)
{
$_SESSION["user"] = serialize(new User(mysql_fetch_assoc($result)));
$_SESSION["login_time"] = time();
$_SESSION["logged_in"] = 1;
return true;
}else{
return false;
}
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$_SESSION["user"] = serialize(new User(mysql_fetch_assoc($result)));