[eluser]CodeIgniterNewbie[/eluser]
Speed? Well, instead of having objects, why not just throw everything in session? If I need any methods, I can just put them in the controller. Sure, the controller may have a bunch of unrelated methods, but it'll still work. How is the object approach better than this?
(BTW, I did a quick test on serialize and unserialze. They work as advertised. So, if I need to persist the object, I just serialize it, save it to session (?), then unserialize it after the next page load?)