#30411 [NEW]: Unecessary quotes in serialized strings

From: kell_pt at users dot sf dot net Operating system: any PHP version: 5.0.2 PHP Bug Type: Zend Engine 2 problem Bug description: Unecessary quotes in serialized strings Description: ------------ This is not so much a bug report, but more of a remark - I just didn't know where to put it. When serializing strings PHP includes double quotes. Seeing as it also stores the size, aren't quotes just a waste of space? I can't see them serving any purpose - any parser will merely read in the size and then read that many characters. Reproduce code: --------------- $str = serialize( array( "company" => "101_e", "country => "101_3", ) ); echo( $str ); Expected result: ---------------- a:2:{s:7:company;s:5:101_e;s:7:country;s:5:101_3;} Actual result: -------------- a:2:{s:7:"company";s:5:"101_e";s:7:"country";s:5:"101_3";} -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=30411&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30411&r=trysnapshot4 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30411&r=trysnapshot50 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.1): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30411&r=trysnapshot51 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30411&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30411&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30411&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30411&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30411&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30411&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30411&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30411&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30411&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30411&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30411&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30411&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30411&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30411&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30411&r=float MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30411&r=mysqlcfg