advanced patterns with PHP 8.2 Sessions and Array Serialization
I'm trying to implement I'm experiencing an scenario with session handling in PHP 8.2 where I'm trying to store a multidimensional array in the session but upon retrieval, the data seems to be corrupted. I have the following code that saves user preferences in an array: ```php session_start(); $userPreferences = [ 'theme' => 'dark', 'notifications' => [ 'email' => true, 'sms' => false, ], ]; $_SESSION['preferences'] = $userPreferences; ``` When I try to retrieve the session data on a different page like this: ```php session_start(); $preferences = $_SESSION['preferences']; var_dump($preferences); ``` I get the following output: ``` array(2) { ["theme"] => string(4) "dark" ["notifications"] => NULL } ``` The `notifications` key is returning `NULL`, which is not what I expected. I have confirmed that the session is started properly on both pages and there are no errors in the logs. I even tried regenerating the session ID using `session_regenerate_id()` and cleared my browser's cookies, but the scenario continues. Is there a specific configuration in PHP 8.2 that might affect how arrays are serialized in sessions, or could this be related to how I'm attempting to store the array? Any suggestions on how to debug this scenario further would be greatly appreciated! Could this be a known issue?