---
name: "CGI::Session::Serialize::Storable"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libcgi-session-perl"
version: "3.95-2"
release: "Debian 3.1 (Sarge)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/CGI::Session::Serialize::Storable"
---

# CGI::Session::Serialize::Storable(3pm)

serializer for CGI::Session

## NAME

CGI::Session::Serialize::Storable - serializer for CGI::Session

## DESCRIPTION

This library is used by CGI::Session driver to serialize session data before storing it in disk. Uses Storable

## METHODS

- *freeze()*

  receives two arguments. First is the CGI::Session driver object, the second is the data to be stored passed as a reference to a hash. Should return true to indicate success, undef otherwise,  passing the error message with as much details as possible to `$self`-\>*error()*

- *thaw()*

  receives two arguments. First being CGI::Session driver object, the second is the string to be deserialized. Should return deserialized data structure to indicate successs. undef otherwise, passing the error message with as much details as possible to `$self`-\>*error()*.

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2002 Sherzod Ruzmetov. All rights reserved.

This library is free software. It can be distributed under the same terms as Perl itself.

## AUTHOR

Sherzod Ruzmetov \<sherzodr@cpan.org\>

All bug reports should be directed to Sherzod Ruzmetov \<sherzodr@cpan.org\>.

## SEE ALSO

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  CGI::Session - CGI::Session manual

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  CGI::Session::Tutorial - extended CGI::Session manual

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  CGI::Session::CookBook - practical solutions for real life problems

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  **RFC 2965** - "HTTP State Management Mechanism" found at ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc2965.txt

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  CGI - standard CGI library

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  Apache::Session - another fine alternative to CGI::Session