I have the below formatted code from database.
a:9:{i:8053;a:26:{s:4:"name";s:0:"";s:12:"squareseaten";s:0:"";s:4:"wins";s:0:"";s:9:"timetaken";s:0:"";s:10:"tubeseaten";s:0:"";s:12:"gummieseaten";s:0:"";s:12:"pepperseaten";s:0:"";s:10:"chipseaten";s:0:"";s:13:"bottlechugged";s:1:"1";s:17:"boxesofbiteseaten";s:0:"";s:19:"boxesofbrutalseaten";s:0:"";s:14:"crunchieseaten";s:0:"";s:17:"boxesofdncvseaten";s:0:"";s:15:"bottlesconsumed";s:0:"";s:12:"pieceschewed";s:0:"";s:14:"additionalnuts";s:1:"1";s:15:"additionaltimes";s:0:"";s:18:"additionalattempts";s:0:"";s:3:"pts";s:0:"";s:1:"p";s:0:"";s:1:"w";s:0:""; ...
This looks like JSON. But it’s not actually.
This was actually generated by a WordPress plugin called wpDataTables.
How can I parse through this data in PHP?
>Solution :
That’s a serialized string. Run that string through unserialize() and you’ll get an array.