Title: Errors with 'unserialize' while exporting the database
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Errors with 'unserialize' while exporting the database

 *  [MrAlexander.Ca](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mralexanderca/)
 * (@mralexanderca)
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/errors-with-unserialize-while-exporting-the-database/)
 * Hi Brad,
 * Great plugin, been using it over 1-2 now and works like magic.
 * I came across a site that is very large and the error settings on the server 
   are slightly different, wanted to see if you know the cause of this error:
 *     ```
       ERRNO: 8
   
       TEXT: unserialize() [function.unserialize]: Error at offset 0 of 4 bytes 
   
       LOCATION: /public_html/blog/wp-content/plugins/wp-migrate-db/wp-migrate-db.php, line 625, at January 22, 2014, 3:57 pm
   
       Showing backtrace:
   
       unserialize("icms") # line  625, file: /public_html/blog/wp-content/plugins/wp-migrate-db/wp-migrate-db.php
       WP_Migrate_DB.recursive_unserialize_replace("icms") # line  584, file: /public_html/blog/wp-content/plugins/wp-migrate-db/wp-migrate-db.php
       WP_Migrate_DB.backup_table("icms_events") # line  688, file: /public_html/blog/wp-content/plugins/wp-migrate-db/wp-migrate-db.php
       ```
   
 * Thanks for looking into this.
 * [Mr Alexander](http://www.MrAlexander.ca/?utm_source=wp_forum)
 * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-migrate-db/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-migrate-db/)

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 *  [Chris A. a11n](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aprea/)
 * (@aprea)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/errors-with-unserialize-while-exporting-the-database/#post-4532449)
 * This is a bug in the current release of the plugin but has been fixed in our 
   development version.
 * This should be fixed in the next release of the plugin.
 * Apologies for the inconvenience, hang tight!
 *  [yivi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yivi/)
 * (@yivi)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/errors-with-unserialize-while-exporting-the-database/#post-4532463)
 * Any clues when this dev version is going to be released?
 * Thanks!
 * Regards.
 *  [Chris A. a11n](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aprea/)
 * (@aprea)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/errors-with-unserialize-while-exporting-the-database/#post-4532464)
 * We’re hoping to get it out soon, sorry for the delays.
 * I don’t have an exact timeline at the current time.

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