---
name: "Apache::Session::Serialize::Base64"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libapache-session-perl"
version: "1.94-2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Apache::Session::Serialize::Base64"
---

# Apache::Session::Serialize::Base64(3pm)

Use Storable and MIME::Base64 to zip up persistent data

## NAME

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

## SYNOPSIS

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

## DESCRIPTION

This module fulfills the serialization interface of Apache::Session. 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"`.  The serialized data is ASCII text, suitable for storage in backing stores that don't handle binary data gracefully, such as Postgres.

## AUTHOR

This module was written by Jeffrey William Baker \<jwbaker@acm.org\>.

## SEE ALSO

Apache::Session::Serialize::Storable, Apache::Session