[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #9663: is_serialized() should be renamed to might_be_serialized();

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#9663: is_serialized() should be renamed to might_be_serialized();
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 Reporter:  hakre         |       Owner:  anonymous     
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new           
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  Future Release
Component:  General       |     Version:  2.7.1         
 Severity:  normal        |    Keywords:                
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 is_serialized() peeks into a string and 'tries' to find out if it is
 serialied (= encoded) data.

 infact it looks for data being a string and then checks if it
 '''''might''''' be serialized data. for example, the string 'N;' is
 interpreted as serialized data. well, this can actually be just a string.

 next to this the function is not aware of handling utf-8. it does not
 check wether or not the passed string is utf-8 encoded. then it uses
 regular expressions that are not utf-8 aware (and which can not, because
 WP is php 4.3 compatbile with has no such functionality with pcre).

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