Req #49366 [Com]: Make slash escaping optional in json_encode()

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=49366&edit=1 ID: 49366 Comment by: php dot net at site dot lanzz dot org Reported by: don at smugmug dot com Summary: Make slash escaping optional in json_encode() Status: Closed Type: Feature/Change Request Package: JSON related Operating System: CentOS 5.3 PHP Version: 5.3.0 Assigned To: aharvey Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: To me, this issue is just magic quotes being still alive and well, in the year 2012. I thought the lesson of "don't overquote when you don't have to" has been learned already? Granted, this issue is marginally better than the magic quotes fiasco, as it doesn't actually change the semantics of the escaped value. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-03-02 17:26:48] diego dot pasc at tiscali dot it I also agree that NOT ESCAPING should be the default ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2011-12-16 01:37:05] don at smugmug dot com I totally agree that this should just be the default, rather than some new option. Both ways are 100% JSON compliant, but one (the PHP chosen method) is far less common, has a significantly larger footprint on lots of common types of data, and is harder for humans to read. I see no benefit t ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2011-12-15 22:05:06] dtremblay dot fafard at gmail dot com Actually, I can't find any reason why is escaping slashes by default and create an option to remove this feature. Usually, when you want something added (e.g. Escaping Slashes), you use an option to recreate the feature wanted. So why is the option used to REMOVE a feature? Options exists to add features, not remove them?? Where am I wrong? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-09-16 15:53:38] aharvey@php.net This bug has been fixed in SVN. Snapshots of the sources are packaged every three hours; this change will be in the next snapshot. You can grab the snapshot at http://snaps.php.net/. Thank you for the report, and for helping us make PHP better. I've implemented this on trunk via a json_encode() option called JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES. The default behaviour remains to escape slashes. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-09-16 15:53:29] aharvey@php.net Automatic comment from SVN on behalf of aharvey Revision: http://svn.php.net/viewvc/?view=revision&revision=303421 Log: Implemented FR #49366 (Make slash escaping optional in json_encode()). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The remainder of the comments for this report are too long. To view the rest of the comments, please view the bug report online at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=49366 -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=49366&edit=1