convert array to string and get it back to array in PHP

Question

I\'m using the Serialize function to store an array in my MYSQL database, and then I\'m unSerialize Him in other page. The array structure look like this :

Array         


        

Answer 1

Try json_encode and json_decode

$array_to_store = array(....);
$str_array = json_encode($array_to_store);
//Store $str_array
//Retrieve it and to make it an array again
$array = json_decode($str_array, true);

******************* Edited *********************

I do not see what is wrong with serialize and unserialize:

$array = array(
        array(
                'names' => 'somename1',
                'rating' => 10
             ),
        array(
                'names' => 'somename2',
                'rating' => 9
             )
    );

//Array before
print_r('
');
print_r($array);

//Serialised Array
$s = serialize($array);

print_r('
');
print_r($s);

//Unserialised Array
print_r('
');
print_r(unserialize($s));