You get at the data through $array = mysql_result($result,0,0);
Mike
"{R}Ichard Ashton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 10 Mar 2003 22:34:44 +0800, Jason Wong wrote:
>
> >On Monday 10 March 2003 22:30, {R}ichard Ashton wrote:
> >> Is there a generally recommended way of storing an array created by PHP
> >> in a MySQL database field ?
> >
> >serialize() and unserialize().
> >
> >> What type of field should it be, and how do you get the whole array
> >> back in one go without reconstructing it row by row, if that is
> >> possible?
> >
> >Any text field will do, just make sure it's large enough for your data.
>
> Thanks that now makes much more sense. So when I look at the data in
> the database I see
> a:142:{i:1;s:52:[52characters];i:2;s:37:[37characters] and so on for
> the 142 elements of the array.
>
> But getting it out is not so easy.
>
> $result = mysql_query( " select post from posts where id = '$id' ")
>
> Gives $result as a Resource id #6 which is OK but I cant find the PHP
> MySQL command to get the whole field back to unserialize it :(
>
> {R}
>
>
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