note 70884 added to function.unserialize

Apparently, unserialize is really picky about anyone messing with the serial string. Just spent an hour debugging why unserialize wasn't working on a serial string stored in a database where, per client requirement, all inserted data is strtoupper'd. Can't just strtolower on a serial string, though -- if there are null values in there (signified as N;), they must be upper case. The following call may be a bit convoluted, but it works. unserialize(preg_replace('/;n;/', ';N;', strtolower($serial))) Of course, if you have string data within that array, that'll get clobbered by the strtolower. In my case, I was dealing with integer values (aside from the key names). But this might save someone else out there a little trouble. ---- Server IP: 216.194.113.175 Probable Submitter: 69.53.187.11 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.unserialize.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/70884 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/70884/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/70884/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/70884/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/70884/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/70884/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/70884/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/70884 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/70884 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php