Store WireArray in a field

[chrizz]

I was wondering if there's a PW-way to store a WireArray permanently in a field and restore the WireArray whenever needed. Currently I can only think of (un)serialize or getArray() and then storing the array as JSON. 

It there's no better way - fine. If there is something more PW-related, I'd be happy if you share it ?

Thanks!

[elabx]

What about $cache? I don't think it saves WireArrays but it can handle normal arrays and PageArrays if that works. 

https://processwire.com/api/ref/wire-cache/save/

[LostKobrakai]

For any kind of non-php based storage (a.k.a. any long lived one) you need to serialize the data somehow. The simplest and most dangerous is php's serialize, json is an option or implementing a custom fieldtype, which is probably the most work depending on what you're actually storing in the wirearray.

On 5/13/2019 at 10:30 PM, elabx said:

… but it can handle normal arrays and PageArrays if that works. 

Afaik it handles PageArrays by only storing the page ids and recreating the PageArray on load.

[chrizz]

thanks for your input. I think serializing is the way to go for now. The closest pw-way would be probably to create new templates holding all the data, but for now this would be overkill ?