Re: [PHP4BETA] cvs: /php4/ext/xml/expat Makefile.in /php4/ext/xml/expat/xmlparse Makefile.in /php4/ext/xml/expat/xmltok Makefile.in
/php4/ext/xml/expat Makefile /php4/ext/xml Makefile.in config.m4

On Sat, Feb 12, 2000 at 04:13:06PM +0100, Sascha Schumann wrote: > > question is: do we want to make wddx our standard serializer > > for sessions? i think the session module uses wddx if wddx is > > enabled. if there aren't any drawbacks i would think that's > > a nice idea as we would than have a "blessed" format for our > > session data. > > Why do you want to prefer the WDDX format? if there's no strong reason against it i would perfer it as it is a XML-based "open" standard. our own serialize() format is not! only php unserialize() can read it's output. in the long term i would even prefer if serialize() would write wddx-encoded data - just make unserialize() understand both formats. i think we (the php-community) should try to use open formats wherever possible. maybe even make php.ini into xml? tc > > -- > > Regards, > > Sascha Schumann > Consultant -- Thies C. Arntzen "One Big-Mac, Small Fries and a Coke!" Digital Collections Phone +49 40 235350 Fax +49 40 23535180 Hammerbrookstr. 93 20097 Hamburg / Germany