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Scopes and Data Types

Variables

Scopes and Data Types

by  Glowball  Posted    (Edited  )
Not all variables and scopes will hold the same kinds of information. The following list details what each will allow.

CLIENT: strings only*
COOKIE: strings only*
FORM: strings only*
URL: strings only*

SERVER: all data types**
SESSION: all data types**
APPLICATION: all data types**
REQUEST: all data types**
VARIABLE: all data types**
ATTRIBUTE: all data types**

* Strings include anything ASCII or human-readable, including WDDX packets.

** Data types include strings, arrays, structures, and combinations of ASCII and binary variables.
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