Posted by MRB on 05/15/05 16:49

Somedude wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am trying to reload a stored print_r() dump back into a usable array
> but seem to be missing something.
>
> // the retrieved array as stored in the database directly from print_r()
> $db_result = 'Array ( [user] => somedude [script] => genPass.php )';
>
> How on earth do I make this into a usable array again where I can call
> $arr['user'] or something similar ?!?
>
>
> Thanks a lot IA,
>
> SomeDude.


Why use print_r? Why not use serialize / unserialize instead which is
meant for these kind of things?

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