Question

$array = array('1','2','3','4','5','6','10','100');
$array2 = serialize($array);
if($stmt->prepare("UPDATE `users` SET `dungeon_list` = ? WHERE name = ?")) { $stmt->bind_param('bs',$array2,$user['name']); $stmt->execute(); }

This is what I’ve learned to use on how to store arrays into mysql.

echo unserialize($user['dungeon_list']);

And this is how I output it. It says
Notice: unserialize() [function.unserialize]: Error at offset 0 of 140 bytes in C:\wamp\www\index.php on line 12

Dungeon_list is stored as a blob because that what I’ve learned to use to store it. Thank you!

Answer 1

Try to encode and decode your array before serialize and unserialize because if it has any “, ‘, :, or ; in any of the array values the serialization gets corrupted.

//to safely serialize
$safe_string_to_store = base64_encode(serialize($multidimensional_array));

//to unserialize...
$array_restored_from_db = unserialize(base64_decode($encoded_serialized_string));