Preserve session

Preserve an object handle between pages in a session.

[netbuddy]

I am currently looking for a way of reserving session data between pages.

The problem I have is how to store into a session variable the handle for $ftp which is what I use as the ftp handle and this is what I need to preserve in a session variable.

$ftp = ftp_connect("myserver.com");

I have tried to use

$_SESSION['ftp'] = serialize($ftp);

and every time I try to use it the page locks up and eventually I get a server 500 error.

Any suggestions on how or what I should do in this situation?

The main purpose of the function I wrote works perfectly fine, it achieves its main objective however, its the passing of the handle in a session that its not happy with.

[vincevincevince]

You won't be able to keep an FTP handle in the session; you need to open the FTP handle every page load. A more practical way of holding open FTP between page loads is by using shell_exec() to talk to a more persistent command-line FTP system.

[netbuddy]

Thx.

It is odd because the PHP site reckons that this is possible when you serialize objects.

[vincevincevince]

You can serialize objects; but not FTP, file or database handles. They are destroyed as the page closes.

[vincevincevince]

Relevant thread: [webmasterworld.com...]

[netbuddy]

Thanks for the input.