PHP~~Form Serializer Class

<?php
// Class: FormSerializer

// Copyright (C) 2006 shirock@educities.edu.tw

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//

// If you want store serialized objects, do that in view, not in control.

// If you want store objects with EnableViewState, enable in view, not in control.

// The control will detect if there be a serialized one by hiself.

// by shirock

//


/**
 * Class: FormSerializer
 *
 * PHP 5.1 above needed!
 *
 * @author shirock@educitiese.du.tw
 */
class FormSerializer {

    /**
     * $status is an associative array to state serialized objects.
     *
     * @access protcted
     * @var array
     */
    protected $status;

    /**
     * $id is an identity for this FormSerializer class.
     *
     * @access protected
     * @var string
     */
    protected $id;

    /**
     * Constructor
     */
    public function __construct($id = 'my_serialization', $serialized = NULL) {
        //if $_POST[$this->id] cound not unserialize (may be invalid data)

        //it will set status with false. You would need to check below.

        $this->id = $id;
        if( !empty($serialized) ) {
            $this->status = unserialize( gzinflate( base64_decode($serialized) ) );
        }
        else if( isset($_POST[$this->id]) ) {
            $this->status = unserialize( gzinflate( base64_decode($_POST[$this->id]) ) );
        } else { $this->status = false; }
    }

    /**
     * Compress and encode all serialized objects stated in this FormSerializer.
     * If PHP does not run as CLI and set $output_tag as true, output a hidden
     * filed of HTML form which stored this.
     *
     * @param boolean $output_tag
     * @return all serialized objects stated in this as an encoded string.
     */
    public function &store($output_tag = true) {
        $serialized_status = base64_encode( gzdeflate( serialize($this->status) ) );
        if( ($output_tag == true) and (php_sapi_name() != 'cli') ) {
            // not run in Command Line, output.

            echo "<input id='{$this->id}' name='{$this->id}' type='hidden' value='{$serialized_status}'/>";
        }
        return $serialized_status;
    }

    /**
     * Magic Method. State $obj in this and access it as a FormSerializer's
     * member named $source_name.
     *
     * @param string $source_name
     * @param object $obj
     */
    public function __set($source_name, $obj) {
        $this->status[$source_name] = serialize($obj);
    }

    /**
     * Magic Method. Get an object stated in this.
     *
     * Who allocate object, who serialize/unserialize that.
     * Serializiation will be done by view.
     * If view does not store the serialized objects, here will return false.
     * Control should check return result.
     *
     * @param string $source_name
     */
    public function __get($source_name) {
        if( isset($this->status[$source_name]) ) {
            return unserialize( $this->status[$source_name] );
            //return unserialize(stripslashes($_POST[$serialized_name]));

        }
        else {
            return false;
        }
    }

    public function __isset($source_name) {
        return isset($this->status[$source_name]);
    }

    public function __unset($source_name) {
        unset($this->status[$source_name]);
    }
}
?>