Re: script stopped working- no output from unserialize()

Ross wrote: > So, > > When I echo out the results from the db I get the serialized data but when I > try and pass the serialized data to the function to unserialize the output > it doesn't work - no output what-so-ever. Also when the serialized data is > sent to the function and then echoed out before it is unserialized() I get > the expected result .- eg > a:4:{i:0;s:4:"pass";i:1;s:4:"pass";i:2;s:4:"pass"; php -r 'echo serialize(array("pass","pass","pass"));' a:4:{i:0;s:4:"pass";i:1;s:4:"pass";i:2;s:4:"pass";} php -r 'var_dump(unserialize("a:4:{i:0;s:4:\"pass\";i:1;s:4:\"pass\";i:2;s:4:\"pass\";"));' false what does your serialized value NOT have that mine does? > > Which leads me to believe that the problem is with the php function > unserialize(). looks to me like you are giving unserialize() a borked string and it's giving you boolean false in return - that's a fair swap in my book. > > The same function works fine locally. I am working with php version 5 > locally and version 4.4.2 on the remote host Could that be the problem? you can rule it out until you can rule it out. > > > R. >