[SOLVED] Help with unerialize

[izbryte]

I have a form with a bunch of checkboxes and I use the serialize function when I insert them into the database. I'm now trying to use unserialize to display them and it's not working and I'm ready to pull my hair out!!!!!

If I enter

echo "Certifications:". ($row['certifications']."

I get

Certifications: a:4:{

 

but if I try this...

echo <b>Certifications: </b>";
	   $certifications=unserialize($row['certifications']);

		  foreach($certifications as $fs)
		   {
			  print $fs.' ';
		   }

I get this error:

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in blah blah

 

Can anyone help me ????

[JacobYaYa]

Could you try this...just see if it is as expected.

echo '<pre>';
print_r($certifications);
echo '</pre>';

 

 

 

[izbryte]

$certifications=unserialize($row['certifications']);

		  echo '<pre>';
				print_r($certifications);
				echo '</pre>';

Is this correct? If so it didn't work... it just came up blank (no results).

[JacobYaYa]

I always seem to have these same kind of problems so I pretty much stick to using implode() & explode() for this kind of task especially since these are only strings.

[roopurt18]

Certifications: a:4:{

 

Is that all printing the row gives you?  That's not a valid serialized piece of data.  If that's the case then your problem lies in the code that inserts it into the database.

[izbryte]

Certifications: a:4:{

 

Is that all printing the row gives you?  That's not a valid serialized piece of data.  If that's the case then your problem lies in the code that inserts it into the database.

 

Yep! There lied my problem! I had the character length set to small. Oops! Thanks for your help!

 

 

I always seem to have these same kind of problems so I pretty much stick to using implode() & explode() for this kind of task especially since these are only strings.

 

Thanks for the idea! It seems MUCH easier!