Re: json_encode() / json_decode() warnings

Andrea Faulds <ajf@ajf.me> schrieb am Sa., 29. Juli 2017, 18:55: > Hi Craig, > > Craig Duncan wrote: > > On 29 July 2017 at 15:16, Andrea Faulds <ajf@ajf.me> wrote: > > > >> Could we not simply make it a flag? e.g. > >> > >> $bar = json_encode($foo, JSON_THROW_EXCEPTIONS); > >> $baz = json_decode($bar, false, 512, JSON_THROW_EXCEPTIONS); > >> > >> That wouldn't break backwards-compatibility, but would still provide the > >> desired functionality. :) > > > > > > Hi Andrea, although that wouldn't break compatibility, it doesn't protect > > new developers from using them dangerously. > > That desired functionality is available in many userland libraries, I > don't > > think we gain much from adding it to core. > > My aim is to make the core functions easier/safer to use out of the box. > > That's true, but if we add it to core we can save people reimplementing > it themselves or adding an extra dependency, and perhaps more > pertinently, it could be the first step to making this the default > behaviour. > Thanks for that very good idea. @Sara: Can we please get that into 7.2? Regards, Niklas >