Re: [Templates] Objects as hidden variables?

> Hi Jonathan -

Larry,

Thanks for the heads up.  If I can't find a suitably ergonomic
workaround for my problem, that's probably what I'll use.

-J

> Hi Jonathan -
>
>> > What you'll need to do is create a hidden field for EVERY member of
>> > the session object and then reassemble the object in the subsequent
>> > script:
>> >
>> > my $session = new Session;
>> > $session->{uid} = $q->param('uid');
>
> Depending on how big your session object is and what kind of stuff is in
> it, another thing you could try is to serialize the entire session into a
> string and use that as your hidden variable, and then unserialize when the
> form is submitted.  You could use something like the Storable module's
> freeze and thaw methods, or maybe the Data::Serializer module:
>
> http://search.cpan.org/~neely/Data-Serializer-0.28/lib/Data/Serializer.pm
>
> I haven't tried that one myself but it look interesting, it has options
> for which serializer gets used (including Storable) as well as optional
> encryption, compression, and ascii-armoring via hex or base64 (which
> you'd definitely want to make it safe to put in an HTML page).
>
>
> HTH,
> Larry Leszczynski

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