Title: cannot unserialize the string into form_value
Last modified: August 31, 2023

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# cannot unserialize the string into form_value

 *  [donnyk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/donnyk/)
 * (@donnyk)
 * [2 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-unserialize-the-string-into-form_value/)
 * i’m trying to print on screen tha data that are into the columns ‘form_value’,
   unserialize() php method doesn’t work inside the while cycle. i tried the method
   with a simple program: <?php $a='(content_of_form_value_column)’; var_dump(unserialize(
   $a)); ?> and like this work correctly. if i try to do the same with all the record
   of the table the result is bool(false). i tried with a pattern and preg_match_all()
   method but some form field are textarea (description of an event) and the pattern
   doesn’t work all the time because the user can write everything.
   On internet 
   i found only other person using the unserialized() method.

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