PHP Session problem, copying object rather than just value

I'm having some trouble using sessions with php.. I think I have figured out why, it seems that when I set the session variable it is copying the entire SimpleXMLElement object rather than just the value stored in said object. How can I make sure to just store the value in my session variable??

Here are some code snippets:

$records = $listingNums->RecordCount->Returned[0];
$_SESSION['test'] = 'green';
$_SESSION['saleRecords'] = $records;
for($x=0;$x<count($listingNums->ListingNumber);$x++){
    $_SESSION['saleNumbers'][$x] = $listingNums->ListingNumber[$x];
}

So if I dump the session variables out just after setting them, they seem ok. But when i come back into the page, they are not set. The test = green I set trying to see if I could get any session variables working, and that one does save to the next page.

My session save path is writable and it writes out the following:

test|s:5:"green";saleRecords|O:16:"SimpleXMLElement":1:{i:0;s:1:"6";}saleNumbers|a:6:{i:0;O:16:"SimpleXMLElement":1:{i:0;s:7:"2736176";}i:1;O:16:"SimpleXMLElement":1:{i:0;s:7:"2733979";}i:2;O:16:"SimpleXMLElement":1:{i:0;s:7:"2733522";}i:3;O:16:"SimpleXMLElement":1:{i:0;s:7:"2715680";}i:4;O:16开发者_运维知识库:"SimpleXMLElement":1:{i:0;s:7:"2708179";}i:5;O:16:"SimpleXMLElement":1:{i:0;s:7:"2673739";}}

Also the Session is remembered and the variables are set when I come back into the page, but other than the test one they appear empty.

I hope thats enough info and I'd really appreciate any help!

Thanks!

Christine

Untested answer, but you could either convert it to xml, or convert it to string

As string (and converted records to array as well):

$records = $listingNums->RecordCount->Returned[0];
$_SESSION['test'] = 'green';
$_SESSION['saleRecords'] = (array)$records;
for($x=0;$x<count($listingNums->ListingNumber);$x++){
    $_SESSION['saleNumbers'][$x] = (string)$listingNums->ListingNumber[$x];
}

As XML:

$records = $listingNums->RecordCount->Returned[0];
$_SESSION['test'] = 'green';
$_SESSION['saleRecords'] = (array)$records;
for($x=0;$x<count($listingNums->ListingNumber);$x++){
    $_SESSION['saleNumbers'][$x] = $listingNums->ListingNumber[$x]->asXML();
}