i have installed wordpress and i i have installed couple of plugins and i have got two themes already came with wordpress.
What i am asking about today is : what does the Plugins & Theme string value in database mean ?
Example [When plugins are active] , there is a value on table of :
a:3:{i:0;s:19:"akismet/akismet.php";i:1;s:9:"hello.php";i:2;s:37:"one-click-logout/one-click-logout.php";}
Example [When there are themes on the Themes folder] , there is a value on table of :
a:2:{s:12:"twentyeleven";s:7:"/themes";s:9:"twentyten";s:7:"/themes";}
I could get an explanation of what does the “a” and “i” mean from HERE , but the “s:” is what i do not know what does it mean.
If i tried to change the s:37 to s:6 or any other value , the plugin becomes deactivated , so the s:37 <<< the 37 must mean something or related to the plugin somehow and that`s what i am trying to find out.
‘s’+number is just number of characters.
so s:12:”twentyeleven” means string of length 12.