serializing an array and storing in DB - php

Question

i have an array like
$newArray = $_POST[$newId];
print_r($newArray);
it prints like
Array ( [1] => Yes [2] => a [3] => b [4] => c [5] => d [6] => e [7] => f [8] => [9] => [10] => [11] => [12] => [13] => [14] => )
but when i try to store in in db after serializing like
serialize($newArray)
it get stored like
s:211:"Array
(
[1] => Yes
[2] => ab
[3] => c
[4] => d
[5] => e
[6] => f
[7] =>
[8] =>
[9] =>
[10] =>
[11] =>
[12] =>
[13] =>
[14] =>
)
";
which is a single array element in DB..how do i properly serialize the element.

Answer 1

It looks like it's serializing a string, not an array. Are you sure $newArray is an array?
The string returned from serialize starts with 's:211'. This means that a string was passed into serialize(). If an array were passed into serialize() the returned string would start with 'a:14'.

Answer 2

#pradeep
where you storing $newArray in textfield, store it by serialling
$arrayString = $_POST['newId'];
You will get seriallized array in $arrayString.
If you want to use that array before storing in database , use unserialize , else directly store in database as that is already seriallized.
$array = unserialize($arrayString);
This will solve your problem

Answer 3

Not really sure I understand the question, if you don't want to serialize though, and if you want to pass it from a text field, maybe do custom syntax like - 1:a;b:2;c:3
then explode(';',$string); loop that and for the result, explode(':',$rows)
make the delimiters more difficult to clash
explode("[[;]]", string); // 1]]:[[b[[;]]