note 96118 added to function.serialize

I've made a simple code to serialize small arrays.. may be useful if someone needs to read the data in JS or store the array in database in a simple format. base64_encode/decode functions in JS can be found over the web... <?php function array2str($array,$level=1) { $str = array(); foreach($array as $key=>$value) { $nkey = base64_encode($key); $nvalue = is_array($value)?'$'.base64_encode(array2str($value)) : (string)base64_encode($value); $str[] = $nkey.'&'.$nvalue; //printf("Encoded %s,%s to %s,%s\n",$key,$value,$nkey,$nvalue); } return implode('|',$str); } function str2array($str) { $rest = array(); if(strpos($str,'|')>0) { $array = explode('|',$str); } else $array=array($str); foreach($array as $token) { list($key,$value) = explode('&',$token); $nkey=base64_decode($key); $nvalue = ( substr($value,0,1) != '$' ? base64_decode($value) : str2array(base64_decode(substr($value,1))) ); $rest[$nkey] = $nvalue; //printf("Decoded %s,%s to %s,%s\n",$key,$value,$nkey,$nvalue); } return $rest; } ?> []'s ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 201.41.46.217 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.serialize.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/96118 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/96118/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/96118/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/96118/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/96118/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/96118/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/96118/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/96118 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/96118 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php