PEAR::XML_Wddx does 2 things: a) a drop in replacement for the XML_Wddx extension (if it's not built in) b) produce an editable wddx file (with indenting etc.) and uses CDATA, rather than char tags This package contains 2 static methods: XML_Wddx:serialize($value) XML_Wddx:deserialize($value) Should be 90% compatible with wddx_deserialize(), and the deserializer will use wddx_deserialize if it is built in. No support for recordsets is available at present in the PHP version of the deserializer. WWW: http://pear.php.net/package/XML_Wddx/