# Apache::Session::Serialize::Base64 - phpMan

## 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]