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thank you but with <?PHP $text = array('a:1:{i:4;c:7;s:23:"fdgrtgr";}', 'a:1:{i:4;s:78:"ertertferf";}', 'a:1:{i:4;s:56:"sdferetrr";}', 'a:1:{i:8;s:22:"aajoimk";}', 'a:1:{i:4;s:19:"sdfasjk";}', 'a:1:{i:6;s:7:"cwam";}', 'a:1:{i:4;s:4:"serwerwer";}', 'a:1:{i:4;s:55:"rty56yr";}', 'a:1:{i:4;s:7:"easdsdas";}', 'a:1:{i:4;s:44:"jghjjh";}', 'a:1:{i:4;s:2;h:9::"erwer";}', 'a:1:{i:4;s:71:"gftyrt";}', 'a:1:{i:4;s:16:"ghjhj";});'); foreach ($text as $data) { preg_match('/(?:")([\w\d]+)(?:")/',$data,$match); echo "$match[1]\n"; } ?> works with an array but i want it to just work with one value at a time so $pies = 'a:1:{i:6;s:7:"cwam";}' and remove all the 'a:1:{i:6;s:7:"";}'s from $pies and then the script would do the same thing again with $pies = 'a:1:{i:4;s:71:"gftyrt";}'

i have made a script that gets information form a database and displays it to the user but... the database is writen to by vBulletin forum and the values loo like so: "a:1:{i:4;s:11:"Shplob";} is it possible to make a PHP script that gets rid of "a:1:{i:4;s:11:"";}" so that all i see on the page is "Shplob", but database could look like this: a:1:{i:4;c:7;s:23:"fdgrtgr";} a:1:{i:4;s:78:"ertertferf";} a:1:{i:4;s:56:"sdferetrr";} a:1:{i:8;s:22:"aajoimk";} a:1:{i:4;s:19:"sdfasjk";} a:1:{i:6;s:7:"cwam";} a:1:{i:4;s:4:"serwerwer";} a:1:{i:4;s:55:"rty56yr";} a:1:{i:4;s:7:"easdsdas";} a:1:{i:4;s:44:"jghjjh";} a:1:{i:4;s:2;h:9::"erwer";} a:1:{i:4;s:71:"gftyrt";} a:1:{i:4;s:16:"ghjhj";} so it needs some kind of wildcard or something but evrything i have tried doesn't work