Attempting to unserialize data not working

Question

I am really going crazy at the moment, i have the following serialized, however when i try to unserialized it returns false.

Serialized array:

Array
(
    [0] => a:1:{i:0;s:9:"714443801";}
)

Current Code:

<?php
$votesArray = unserialize($Vzzz);

echo "<pre>";
    print_r($votesArray);
echo "</pre>";

?>

Are you storing the serialized data somewhere and after retrieving you are doing unserialize? — Ramesh
– Ramesh, Commented Nov 21, 2013 at 13:41

Jesper Blaase · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-21 13:37:47Z

1

You are not unserializing it: try:

print_r(unserialize($votesArray[0]))

answered Nov 21, 2013 at 13:37

Jesper Blaase

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Ramesh · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-21 13:45:29Z

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If you are storing the serialized string, then store like this:

$serialisedData = base64_encode(serialize($arr));

After Retrieving,

//to unserialize...
$arr = unserialize(base64_decode($serialisedData));

answered Nov 21, 2013 at 13:45

Ramesh

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