Apache...Base64(3pm)

💖 Apache::Session::Serialize::Base64 💖

okay bestie, so this is Apache::Session::Serialize::Base64 — a Perl module from the User Contributed Perl Documentation section of the manual (that's the 3pm vibe, iykyk), and it's here to help you zip up persistent data using Storable and MIME::Base64. no cap.

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✨ NAME ✨

Apache::Session::Serialize::Base64 — Use Storable and MIME::Base64 to zip up persistent data 🎀

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

the whole vibe in four lines, literally:

use Apache::Session::Serialize::Base64;

$zipped = Apache::Session::Serialize::Base64::serialize($ref);
$ref = Apache::Session::Serialize::Base64::unserialize($zipped);

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so basically 💅 — this module fulfills the serialization interface of Apache::Session. it's the little serialization plug that could.

it serializes the data in the session object by use of Storable's nfreeze() and thaw() functions, and MIME::Base64's encode_bas64 and decode_base64. (yes, that's how it's spelled up in here, we keep it exactly as the module ships it — don't come for me 🙈)

the serialized data is ASCII text, which is highkey the whole point: it's suitable for storage in backing stores that don't handle binary data gracefully, such as Postgres. ✨ she's text-safe, she's portable, she's iconic.

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👑 AUTHOR 👑

this module was written by Jeffrey William Baker <jwbaker@acm.org>. king behavior, we stan. 🫶

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• Apache::Session::Serialize::Storable
• Apache::Session

go read those too, bestie, they're part of the lore 💜

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and that's the whole page, no notes, periodt. 🌈

signing off with the deets: this is perl v5.36.0, dated 2022-11-19, and it lives under Apache...Base64(3pm). bye babes 💖🎀✨