serialize() is being stupid!

stupidfool

Okay, I'll admit, this is my first time using serialize(). I'm using it to put an array into a database. Here's an example of the data that gets put in:

a:8:{s:9:"mounttype";s:15:"preinkedEndorse";s:5:"mount";a:4:{s:4:"name";s:22:"P4 - Endorsement Stamp";s:6:"height";d:0.75;s:5:"width";d:1.625;s:5:"price";s:5:"14.95";}s:7:"message";a:7:{i:0;a:4:{s:4:"text";s:19:"PAY TO THE ORDER OF";s:8:"fontface";s:5:"swiss";s:4:"size";s:1:"9";s:5:"align";s:6:"center";}i:1;a:4:{s:4:"text";s:14:"YOUR BANK NAME";s:8:"fontface";s:5:"swiss";s:4:"size";s:1:"9";s:5:"align";s:6:"center";}i:2;a:4:{s:4:"text";s:16:"FOR DEPOSIT ONLY";s:8:"fontface";s:5:"swiss";s:4:"size";s:1:"9";s:5:"align";s:6:"center";}i:3;a:4:{s:4:"text";s:13:"CUSTOMER NAME";s:8:"fontface";s:5:"swiss";s:4:"size";s:1:"9";s:5:"align";s:6:"center";}i:4;a:4:{s:4:"text";s:9:"ACCOUNT #";s:8:"fontface";s:5:"swiss";s:4:"size";s:1:"9";s:5:"align";s:6:"center";}s:4:"date";N;s:5:"lines";s:1:"5";}s:7:"editing";s:1:"1";s:5:"color";s:5:"black";s:6:"border";s:2:"No";s:5:"lines";s:1:"5";s:8:"quantity";i:1;}

Now am I just dumb, or is it not writing the keys? Most of these values have keys. Even worse, unserialize fails! Can anybody help me?

Weedpacket

You mean "mounttype", "text", "fontface" and the like are not keys?
Here's what I get when I unserialize() that string: what is wrong with it?

Array
(
    [mounttype] => preinkedEndorse
    [mount] => Array
        (
            [name] => P4 - Endorsement Stamp
            [height] => 0.75
            [width] => 1.625
            [price] => 14.95
        )

[message] => Array
    (
        [0] => Array
            (
                [text] => PAY TO THE ORDER OF
                [fontface] => swiss
                [size] => 9
                [align] => center
            )

        [1] => Array
            (
                [text] => YOUR BANK NAME
                [fontface] => swiss
                [size] => 9
                [align] => center
            )

        [2] => Array
            (
                [text] => FOR DEPOSIT ONLY
                [fontface] => swiss
                [size] => 9
                [align] => center
            )

        [3] => Array
            (
                [text] => CUSTOMER NAME
                [fontface] => swiss
                [size] => 9
                [align] => center
            )

        [4] => Array
            (
                [text] => ACCOUNT #
                [fontface] => swiss
                [size] => 9
                [align] => center
            )

        [date] => 
        [lines] => 5
    )

[editing] => 1
[color] => black
[border] => No
[lines] => 5
[quantity] => 1
)

stupidfool

Wow, my brain must have really been fried this afternoon to not notice those keys. But still, it's weird that unserialize was returning false. I guess I'll just wait and see what happens when I get back to it tomorrow. I guess I should change the subject to "I am/unserialize() is being stupid!"

stupidfool

yup, final update, change subject to "I am being stupid!"

Part of the problem was that I was unserializing an entire row. The other part is that I was using mysql_fetch_row instead of mysql_fetch_array. Man, I can be stupid some times...