I have a field created by word press which contains data with the following structure.
a:16:{s:7:"country"
s:14:"United Kingdom"
s:7:"form_id"
s:2:"35"
s:9:"timestamp"
s:10:"1560869327"
s:7:"request"
s:0:""
s:8:"_wpnonce"
s:10:"125"
s:16:"_wp_http_referer"
s:1:"/"
s:17:"ajaxy-umajax-mode"
s:8:"register"
s:10:"first_name"
s:5:"xxxxx"
s:9:"last_name"
s:5:"xxx"
s:10:"user_email"
s:28:"xxx#xxx.co.uk"
s:7:"Company"
s:16:"xxx LTD"
s:12:"phone_number"
s:10:"0123456789"
s:8:"user_url"
s:20:"http://www.test.com"
s:15:"company_address"
s:18:"999 LockSmith Lane"
s:12:"display_name"
s:12:"XXXX"
s:10:"user_login"
s:10:"xxx123"
}
I want to convert this to an array so I can read the properties of it.
I tried converting it to json but its not json.
Any ideas on how I can parse this data, or access its properties in PHP.
I can not access this data through wordpress as my PHP script is part of something else.
Seems like a serialized array. Try unserializing it to convert it back to normal, see example.
This is Actually not a json.This is an array in serialized format you can just unserilize it by using this function
maybe_unserialize($YOUR_ARRAY).
maybe_unserialize is a wordpress default function to unserialize the array
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I'm working on cargo wordpress plugin, the shipping history page stores the following data in meta_value field in database. Does anyone know what kind of data is this, and how should I use it or change to a JSON.
s:815:"a:4:{i:0;a:7:{s:4:"date";s:10:"2018-03-08";s:4:"time";s:7:"1:00 am";s:8:"location";s:4:"test";s:12:"updated-name";s:7:"wpcargo";s:10:"updated-by";i:2;s:7:"remarks";s:1:"1";s:6:"status";s:16:"Shipment Left US";}i:1;a:7:{s:4:"date";s:10:"2018-03-08";s:4:"time";s:7:"1:00 am";s:8:"location";s:4:"test";s:12:"updated-name";s:7:"wpcargo";s:10:"updated-by";i:2;s:7:"remarks";s:1:"1";s:6:"status";s:10:"Processing";}i:2;a:7:{s:4:"date";s:10:"2018-09-12";s:4:"time";s:7:"7:27 pm";s:8:"location";s:4:"test";s:12:"updated-name";s:7:"wpcargo";s:10:"updated-by";i:2;s:7:"remarks";s:1:"1";s:6:"status";s:10:"In Transit";}i:3;a:7:{s:4:"date";s:10:"2018-09-12";s:4:"time";s:7:"7:31 pm";s:8:"location";s:10:"tofindthis";s:12:"updated-name";s:7:"wpcargo";s:10:"updated-by";i:2;s:7:"remarks";s:1:"1";s:6:"status";s:10:"In Transit";}}";
That looks like a serialized array.
To convert it to JSON you need to deserialize it first and then json_encode it
How to use php serialize() and unserialize()
echo json_encode($arr);
will echo the json enconded string where $arr is the deserialized array.
This is my 3.txt file:
I don't know why it works when it has only 1 data and when it has more data it's not working.
This is my code:
Your 3.txt does not contain a valid json. You need to adjust your sample string to be valid JSON by adding quotes around strings, commas between objects and placing the objects inside a containing array (or object).
It should be something like this,
[{"address":"+6161616","body":"asda","date":"1231"},
{"address":"+616sdfs6","body":"as3sda","date":"155231"},
{"address":"+6161616","body":"asda","date":"123551"}]
You can test if a json is valid here.
I have fields in my database that I need to decode or view in a more simple format. I'm not sure what method was used to create this format though I've seen it before. This is data from a web form in a MySQL table. What do I use in PHP or MySQL to decode this when I retrieve it from the database?
a:10:{s:10:"First Name";s:10:"cvsgjsrhlw";s:9:"Last Name";s:10:"cvsgjsrhlw";s:7:"Address";s:26:"http://www.tlneepxlni.com/";s:4:"City";s:7:"Atlanta";s:5:"State";s:2:"AL";s:8:"Zip Code";s:0:"";s:9:"Best time";s:7:"Mid-day";s:6:"Other2";s:8:"cqoeqipd";s:14:"Procedure face";s:18:"Laser Hair Removal";s:4:"when";s:22:"In the next 4 months.";}
It's a built in php serialization
You need to use unserialize
This is serialize()'d code. It is a way to multiple data types as plain text. You can convert it back to a php object with unserialize($data)
If you are writing new code, I would recommend using json_encode() instead
This is a serialized array. Use:
$data_array = unserialize($data_from_db);
IP.Nexus puts custom fields into a table all muddled up into one row and some how pulls the correct data out.
basically my custom fields row looks like so:
a:2:{i:2;s:4:"Test";i:3;s:10:"Accounting";}
How do i select what item to pull as i would like to out put just one item not the whole row, is it with delimiters or string splitter, as i am novice with this part of mySQL
Cause i would like to echo out just the advertising on its own and also vice versa for the testing.
Thanks in advance
It's a serialized array using serialize() function so you can get its contents using unserialize($YourString);.
But I see that you string is corrupted for deserialization, because s:4: in s:4:"advertising" says that after s:4: 4 character long string is expected that advertising is not.
The data in the database is in serialized(json) form.You can turn it into simple array using unserialize.
For example;if $mystr is your string
write
$mystring=unserialize($mystring)
You will get normal array of this string
You can do
foreach($mystring as $str){
$ads[]=$str['advertising'];
}
and the resulting array $ads will be the ads you like in simple array form
Since this looks as JSon, you can use a PHP JSon module to parse each row from MySQL.
<?php
(...)
while (...) {
$obj = json_decode($row);
// do something with $obj
}
I need to dump an xml string (coming into a web service as a POST param), directly into a Mysql DB. The column into which I am writing is currently of type 'text', though I have tried blob as well.
Right now, when I save the string and retrieve it later on using sql, it comes back in a serialized like format, like this:
a:1:{s:14:"<?xml_encoding";s:1502:"UTF-8?><record>
<nodes></nodes>
</record>";}
Whereas, I need to parse that xml as a simplexml object, and hence need it to be better formed.
This is what I am doing codewise:
Accept Post Param in web service
Serialize and store it in DB using doctrine ORM, kind of like
$record->xml_rec = serialize($_POST)
Retrieve it and echo it.
Oddly enough, if I unserialize and echo is upon retrial, I get an array. The array looks like this upon print_f
Array
(
[<?xml_encoding] => UTF-8?><record>
<nodes></nodes>
</record>
)
Still not parse-able by simplexml.
Is this a mysql storage problem or am I doing something wrong with the POST params? I've tried htmlspecialchars to save the string in the db, but similar problems remain.
any help is appreciated, thanks
What you have is a "serialized" php array that you can unserialize by using ... PHP's unserialize function.