title: Why should I not insert serialized arrays into my database field?
body: <p>I just saw the first comment to this question <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3588957/inserting-into-a-serialized-array-in-php">Inserting into a serialized array in PHP</a> and it made me wonder why? Especially seeing that when you use database managed sessions (database based session handling) that is exactly what happens, the session handler inserts a serialized array into a database field.</p>