1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/stdlib/source/lux/data/text/encoding.lux b/stdlib/source/lux/data/text/encoding.lux
index 4622c8be9..3296f78c4 100644
--- a/stdlib/source/lux/data/text/encoding.lux
+++ b/stdlib/source/lux/data/text/encoding.lux
@@ -204,7 +204,9 @@
                  (pack [Text] RubyString)))
 
         @.php
-        (as_is (host.import: (unpack [host.String host.String] Binary))
+        (as_is (host.import: Almost_Binary)
+               (host.import: (unpack [host.String host.String] Almost_Binary))
+               (host.import: (array_values [Almost_Binary] Binary))
                (def: php_byte_array_format "C*"))}
        (as_is)))
 
@@ -249,7 +251,10 @@
             (RubyString::bytes []))
 
         @.php
-        (..unpack [..php_byte_array_format value])}))
+        (|> (..unpack [..php_byte_array_format value])
+            ..array_values
+            ("php object new" "ArrayObject")
+            (:coerce Binary))}))
 
 (def: (utf8\decode value)
   (-> Binary (Try Text))