[PHP] Storing serialized data to DB

hi all, Not very php specific so please pardon me if I am posting in the wrong forum. I have a chunk of data which I am trying to cache. I serialize this data using the serialize() function in php. I am wondering what would be a good attribute type in my DB to store such (potentially long)

[PHP] Passing $_POST values to a php script

hi, I am trying to develop a testing framework for a bunch of php scripts. These files expect various kinds of data from the $_POST array. They work fine when invoked from the browser. But I am wondering if I can programmatically pass these values so that I can stress test them in a