Unserialize variables?

[AnotherPoetsCry]

I have a list of variables that the users enter. i then serialize this list and save this to a table. can i unserialize this and get the variables back just as they were before i serialized them? for example $sellerLabel can still be called $sellerLabel after unserialization?

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$options = serialize( $this->globalsInfo['options'] = array( 'notReady' => $this->globalsInfo['notReady'], 'sellerLabel' => $sellerLabel, 'minP' => $minP, 'minPName' => $minPName, 'maxP' => $maxP, 'maxPName' => $maxPName, 'buyerLabel' => $buyerLabel, 'minQ' => $minQ, 'minQName' => $minQName, 'demand' => $demand, 'demandName' => $demandName, 'value' => $value, 'valueBuyersName' => $valueBuyersName, 'valueSellersName' => $valueSellersName, 'cost' => $cost, 'costBuyersName' => $costBuyersName, 'costSellersName' => $costSellersName, 'prob' => $prob, 'probName' => $probName, 'forceFix' => $forceFix, 'displayAllProfits' => $displayAllProfits, 'test' => $test, 'testDelay' => $testDelay ) );
       
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$this->globalsInfo['options'] = unserialize( $this->globalsInfo['options'] );
foreach( $this->globalsInfo['options'] as $key => $value )
$this->$key = $value;
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[fenway]

I'm not sure I understand.

[artacus]

PHP question not a MySQL question, mysql is just storing it as text.

But to answer your question, no. Serialize only stores the value of the variable. So to restore it to the same name you would have to also store the name in a variable before you serialize it.