[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #55942: Add a "type" field to the meta and options tables

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#55942: Add a "type" field to the meta and options tables
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 Reporter:  azaozz                               |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement                          |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                               |   Milestone:  Future
                                                 |  Release
Component:  Database                             |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                               |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch has-unit-tests needs-      |     Focuses:
  testing                                        |  performance
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Comment (by barry.hughes):

 > Unless someone "hacks" the values directly in the database.

 This implies (to me) that the only way this system can be compromised is
 when a bad actor anyway has unfettered access to the server, or to the
 database, and if that's the case all hope is lost ... but I don't think
 that is necessarily true. It's not inconceivable that a plugin could be
 'tricked' into serializing a complex type, and attacks may be chained
 across multiple plugins. However, I understand this could be too
 theoretical or simply out of scope.

 > Thinking the simpler/more straightforward solution would be to set the
 type automatically depending on the data.

 💯

 Yes, that is a straightforward approach and would still represent a nice
 iteration on the Options API.

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