Parsing returned value from web service in C#

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I am using C# to connect to a web service written in PHP, the issue I am having is how to go about parsing this format that is returned for a few of the calls.

a:2:{i:0;a:6:{s:5:"label";s:13:"Delivery Date";s:5:"value";s:19:"2010-11-08 00:00:00";s:4:"code";s:13:"delivery_date";s:4:"type";s:4:"date";s:6:"rawval";s:19:"2010-11-08 00:00:00";s:2:"id";s:3:"119";}i:1;a:6:{s:5:"label";s:14:"Enclosure Card";s:5:"value";s:9:"Test card";s:4:"code";s:14:"enclosure_card";s:4:"type";s:8:"textarea";s:6:"rawval";s:9:"Test card";s:2:"id";s:3:"118";}}

I understand that the above represents an array with various key value pairs inside, but what I am wondering is if the above format has a specific name and if there is a C# parser out there somewhere for this.

Mikpa · Accepted Answer · 2010-11-06 19:27:24Z

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It looks like the output from serialize http://php.net/manual/en/function.serialize.php, check out http://developer.yahoo.com/php/phpserial.html

answered Nov 6, 2010 at 19:27

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rsenna Over a year ago

Also take a look at How to unserialize PHP Serialized array/variable/class and return sutable object in C#.

Evan Mulawski · Accepted Answer · 2010-11-06 19:25:27Z

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I would assume:

a:2 would represent an array with 2 elements. i:0 would represent an integer (0). s:5 would represent a string of length 5 and contents "label"

This may be serialized.

answered Nov 6, 2010 at 19:25

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