php5 serialize problem

[captainccs]

I have some code that uses serialize to save array data to a MySQL database. It works great except that it blows up when the data contains doble quotes. Suppose a field has the word home

it is serialized as

s:4:"home"; (string four bytes long)

but "home" (with quotes) is serialized as

s:8:""home""; (string eight bytes long)

but since it is only 6 bytes long, unserialize = failed

I've tried html entities and add slashes and nothing works.

magic_quotes_gpc are ON

[crmalibu]

var_dump(serialize('"home"')); 

should produce

string(13) "s:6:""home"";"

Does it not?

[logic_earth]

Turn magic_quotes off, its no good.
The below works for me. o.o

$arr = array( '"value"', 'another \'value\' nothing' );
print_r( $arr = serialize( $arr ) );
print_r( unserialize( $arr ) ); 

a:2:{i:0;s:7:""value"";i:1;s:23:"another 'value' nothing";}
Array
(
    [0] => "value"
    [1] => another 'value' nothing
)