Re: PHP 5.2: Serialization patch
| From: | Ilia Alshanetsky | Date: | Thu, 07 Dec 2006 15:53:51 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: PHP 5.2: Serialization patch | ||
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On 7-Dec-06, at 10:17 AM, Zeev Suraski wrote:
At 13:35 07/12/2006, Stefan Esser wrote:Well, older version of PHP will be totally incapable of parsing it, creating problems for the many people who use serialized strings as a means of passing data between PHP applications. This would be an especially big problem if you would want to add it to a pre-6.0 release. Ilia AlshanetskyGuys, why can't you simply introduce a new variable type for serialized strings like uppercase S: There is absolutely no need for breaking backward compatibility.I can't think of a single reason not to use a new type like you suggest. Can anybody think of any drawbacks?