Help with Array in mysql

[noimad1]

So i'm working on some coding that someone else started. They stored some data in the database in an array. However, I can't seem to figure out how to get it into my own php array. At first I thought maybe they used json_encode, but it doesn't seem to be in the correct format. So here is how the data is stored:

a:32:{s:10:"product_id";s:2:"50";s:14:"product_status";s:7:"private";s:7:"release";s:7:"approve";s:12:"min_purchase";}

(it actually goes much longer than that, but that's a snippet)

Looking into it further, I think they were using unserialize to get the data back out, but it doesn't seem to be in the correct format for that.

Anyone know how I could get that into a usable php array?

[Weedpacket]

Well, what you've posted looks like the correct format for a serialized array (assuming the the 57 snipped parts are valid); so what is the problem you're having (apart from a dodgy data model)?

[noimad1]

Thanks for that, I did end up figuring out that it was just serialized data, but one of the strings in the array apparently wasn't stored correctly. I had to manually go through the entire string and parse it out to find the one that was incorrect. Once I fixed that I was able to unserialize it.