1 files changed, 14 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/stdlib/source/lux/data/text/encoding.lux b/stdlib/source/lux/data/text/encoding.lux
index 88bbea138..4622c8be9 100644
--- a/stdlib/source/lux/data/text/encoding.lux
+++ b/stdlib/source/lux/data/text/encoding.lux
@@ -201,7 +201,11 @@
                  (bytes [] Binary))
 
                (host.import: Array #as RubyArray
-                 (pack [Text] RubyString)))}
+                 (pack [Text] RubyString)))
+
+        @.php
+        (as_is (host.import: (unpack [host.String host.String] Binary))
+               (def: php_byte_array_format "C*"))}
        (as_is)))
 
 (def: (utf8\encode value)
@@ -242,7 +246,10 @@
         (|> value
             (:coerce RubyString)
             (RubyString::encode ["UTF-8"])
-            (RubyString::bytes []))}))
+            (RubyString::bytes []))
+
+        @.php
+        (..unpack [..php_byte_array_format value])}))
 
 (def: (utf8\decode value)
   (-> Binary (Try Text))
@@ -278,6 +285,11 @@
               (RubyArray::pack ["C*"])
               (:coerce RubyString)
               (RubyString::force_encoding ["UTF-8"])
+              #try.Success)
+
+          @.php
+          (|> value
+              ("php pack" ..php_byte_array_format)
               #try.Success)})))
 
 (structure: #export utf8