/**
  * Writes a serialized copy of the $contentVariable to the database, under the packvar
  * variable name of $varName.
  *
  * @param string $varName The packvar to create
  * @param mixed $contentVariable Any variable to serialize (e.g. object, array, other variables, etc) 
  */
 function SerializeVar($varName, &$contentVariable)
 {
     if ($varName == 'CUBEObject') {
         if (JoomlapackCUBETables::_isSetCUBEInFile()) {
             JoomlapackCUBETables::_saveCUBEObjectToFile($contentVariable);
             return;
         }
     }
     $serialized = serialize($contentVariable);
     JoomlapackCUBETables::WriteVar($varName, $serialized);
 }