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Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2024 08:12:38 +0100
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To: Sanford Whiteman <figureonecpr@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Why are serialized strings wrapped in double quotes? (s:<len>:"<string>")
From: michal.brzuchalski@gmail.com (=?UTF-8?Q?Micha=C5=82_Marcin_Brzuchalski?=)

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czw., 8 lut 2024 o 20:10 Sanford Whiteman <figureonecpr@gmail.com>
napisa=C5=82(a):

> Hi Micha=C5=82,
>
> Thursday, February 8, 2024, 2:58:52 AM, you wrote:
> ...
> >O3:Foo:5{s4:date;O17:DateTimeImmutable:3{s4:date;s26:2024-02-08
>
> >08:41:10.009742;s13:timezone_type;i:3;s8:timezone;s16:Europe/Amsterdam}s=
6:*foo;s11:Foo
> >bar
>
> >baz;s8:Foobar;i:123456789;s3:tbl;a4{i:0;i:123;i:1;b:1;i:2;d:1.1;i:3;s3:b=
az}s8:*color;E12:Color:Yellow}
> >
> >This is still readable by humans and keep the size/length in all places
> >where needed.
>
> Amazing. To my eyes it's more readable too.
>

Just wondering, while null is encoded just as N the booleans are encoded
with b:0 or b:1
I can imagine this could also be just T and F


> Here's another one: leading numeral *implies* Integer 'i' (so only
> 'd', 'b' and 's<len>' are necessary). Or maybe that goes too far.


I was there in the very first link you can spot it but also believe this
goes too far.

All above already goes far beyond what you initially asked and I know that.
I just like to share what can find.

Cheers,
Micha=C5=82 Marcin Brzuchalski

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