Zend_Cache - "Datas must be string or set automatic_serialization = true"

Question

I am trying to cache an array with Zend_Cache like this:

$cache = Zend_Registry::get('cache');
// $data is an array
$cache->save($data, 'externalData');

And I am getting this error:

Message: Datas must be string or set automatic_serialization = true

Even though the automatic_serialization is set tu true when initializing Zend_Cache in the bootstrap file:

protected function _initCache()
{
    $frontend= array('lifetime' => 7200,
                     'automatic_seralization' => true);
    $backend= array('cache_dir' => 'cache');
    $this->cache = Zend_Cache::factory('core',
                                       'File',
                                       $frontend,
                                       $backend);
}

What could cause this error message?

Answer 1

Maybe you just made a copy-paste error or a typo error, but, in the code you posted, you have :

$frontend= array('lifetime' => 7200,
                 'automatic_seralization' => true);

i.e. you are setting automatic_seralization to true, and not automatic_serialization : note the i in ser-i-alization.