UPDATE: January 26, 2006
** ZVAL references and refcounts have been implemented.**

The XMLDBX serializer extension for PHP is ready for beta testers. It has been tested using the xmldbx.php script for basic functionality and squirrelmail for non-trivial data testing as XML can be picky on what it incorporates and how.

FWIW, strings are encapsulated in if they are fairly large or contain anything except numbers, letters, spaces, and underscores.

There is a new PHP extension coming. It is an XML serializer for PHP. What makes this different from wddx is that there is also a PostgreSQL function in the works that will allow you to query and extract information from PHP sessions from a PostgreSQL query.

Right now it seems to work with a simple test script and all the datatypes seems to render both ways correctly. What doesn't work is Squirrelmail. For some reason it is close to working, one pane will render correctly and the next pane will show the link back to the login page.

It may be something like physical array order being altered in some way, but any help would be appreciated.

The alpha release of MCache and its PHP extension is available via CVS. Come one, come all to test this puppy out!!!

The redesign of MCache has forced a lot or re-examining of the Phoenix library and the
MCache core code.
I am pleased to say we have about 92% of the mcache C/C++ API tested as working with only a couple functions waiting for more complete specifiation.
What remains is the plugins and the PHP interface module. Once those are complete, MCache will go live in what is hoped to be a short alpha test.