Apache...orable(3pm)

💖 Apache::Session::Serialize::Storable — the perl manual, but make it cute 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Apache::Session::Serialize::Storable page, from the User Contributed Perl Documentation section, manual page Apache...orable(3pm). yes the name got chopped by the terminal, no it's not your fault, it's just perl being perl. anyway. sit down, grab a strawberry 🍓, we're doing serialization.

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✨ NAME ✨

Apache::Session::Serialize::Storable — use Storable to zip up your persistent data, fr fr 🎀

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

like, here's the vibe, copy-paste approved:

use Apache::Session::Serialize::Storable;

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

two functions. in, out. that's the whole thing. slay. 💅

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so here's the tea ☕ — this module fulfills the serialization interface of Apache::Session. that's literally its whole job. it's giving "supporting cast member who ate every scene".

the way it works is it serializes the data in the session object by using Storable's nfreeze() and thaw() functions. so it freezes your stuff, and then it thaws it back. like a lil data popsicle 🧊✨

the result is a binary object ready for storage. so it's not cute little readable text, it's a binary blob, and that's intentional, that's the point, that's the assignment. periodt.

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👑 AUTHOR 👑

this module was written by Jeffrey William Baker <jwbaker@acm.org>. iconic. we love a named author, we love an email, we love transparency. 🫶

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• Apache::Session::Serialize::Base64 — the other serialization bestie, the base64 one
• Apache::Session — the parent, the main character, the one that needed a serializer in the first place

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💀 no cap: if you need your session data to be readable by a human, this module is not the one, because it hands you back a binary object. that's not a bug, that's just the whole personality of Storable. know what you're signing up for. 🙈

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and that's the page!! 🌈 this version came from perl v5.36.0, dated 2022-11-19, and the manual page itself is Apache...orable(3pm). tysm for reading, mwah, go serialize something responsibly 💜🎀✨