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

[William P. Davis]

I would imagine JSON and XML especially require more resources to turn back into an array than serializing. 
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From: Claude Needham <gxxaxx at gmail.com>
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Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 21:21:04 
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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
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