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API: Util

Filename:
fwpUtil_scrunch.ctag

Released With:
5.0.0

Current Version:
1.1.0

Status: Active

Min Lasso Tested: 8.1.0

Max Lasso Tested: 8.5.3

Related:

fwpUtil_unscrunch

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API Reference

fwpUtil_scrunch (Tag)

Description

Converts a Lasso or Custom data type into a plain text format so it can be passed by browser forms or stored into a database.

It's essentially a macro for the following tags:

encode_base64:(compress:(inputValue->serialize))

Syntax

fwpUtil_scrunch: objectToScrunch

Parameters & Member Tags

-input (unnamed) - required : an array, map, or other non-string Lasso data type, or a custom type variable.

Examples

fwpUtil_scrunch: $myArray;

fwpUtil_scrunch: $myCustomType;

Source Code

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<?lassoscript
//............................................................................
//
//    pageblocks: (c) 2002-2007 http://www.pageblocks.org/
//
//............................................................................
/*

    {fileName=        fwpUtil_scrunch.ctag }
    {rsrcType=        type }
    {rsrcName=        fwpUtil_scrunch }
    {rsrcHTTP=        www.pageblocks.org/refc/fwpUtil_scrunch }

    {lassoVrsnMin=    8.1.0 }
    {lassoVrsnMax=    8.5.3 }

    {author=        Greg Willits }
    {authorEmail=    subscribe to pbTalk at www.pageblocks.org/talk/ }
    {authorHTTP=    www.pageblocks.org }

    {desc=            serializes and compresses a complex data type 
                    to be web form compatible }

    {maintvsrn=        1.1.0 }
    {maintrelease=    5.1.0 }
    {maintdate=        2006-05-30}
    {maintauthor=    Greg Willits }
    {maintnotes=    added tagTrace }

    {maintvsrn=        1.0 }
    {maintrelease=    5.0.0 }
    {maintdate=        2006-01-16 }
    {maintauthor=    Greg Willits }
    {maintnotes=    initial release }

*/
//.............................................................................


define_tag:'fwpUtil_scrunch', -priority='replace',
    -required='scrunch';

    $fw_debug ? $fw_tagTracer->(add:'fwpUtil_scrunch');

    return: encode_base64:(compress:(#scrunch->serialize));

/define_tag;

?>

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