Storing standard object in session

[eluser]kmanlove[/eluser]
[quote author="Colin Williams" date="1264417217"]Have you tried to serialize() the object outside of the session class?[/quote]
Yes, and that works fine. Just returns the object as it should.

If I serialize and unserialize outside of the session class, like

Code:

$this->session->set_userdata('form', serialize($this->item));
$sticky_form = unserialize($this->session->userdata('form'));

it all works fine. I didn't think I needed to do this. I thought that the session class handled this. Am I mistaken?