[wp-hackers] Why not json or xml instead of serialised data in DB

[Claude Needham]

On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 7:26 PM, Deepak Mittal <dpac.mittal2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> For one, if there is just a change of single byte, the data goes corrupt. This
> creates a lot of unneeded trouble for non-technical users.

Using json in a php application I found that a single comma out of
place could render the data un-usable. Surely a result of my being a
newb to php. I use json well enough. But I have take as granted that
one had better keep p's and q's nice and tight.

Claude Needham