Title: Serialization problem
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Serialization problem

 *  Resolved [skip405](https://wordpress.org/support/users/skip405/)
 * (@skip405)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/serialization-problem/)
 * Hi
 * I am having a problem with WP serialization. To cut a long story short: the problem
   appeared two months after the site launch. All the strings of text that were 
   stored as a theme_option or as a meta box all turned into a letter “A”. I guess
   it happened when WP self-updated to version 3.8.1, but I can’t really be sure…
 * At first – I thought it’s a plugin bug. I use Option Tree as a solution to store
   theme options and meta boxes. I started an issue on the [plugin’s repo on github](https://github.com/valendesigns/option-tree/issues/289).
   The author of the plugin hasn’t answered yet but after some digging and var_dumping
   I noticed that not only Option Tree’s strings were “A”s but also Contact Form
   7’s. There on github I’ve described in more details.
 * To solve the issue of “A”s of theme_options I wrapped the string in the `@unserialize`
   function – and it worked well. But the meta boxes remain.
 * So I’m at a loss ). You can see the problem online at [http://saikoteam.by](http://saikoteam.by)(
   it’s in Russian). The `Warning`s there – are a result of different `foreach` 
   loops getting `string("a")` instead of an array of values.
 * I will be glad if anyone could point me to the direction of solving the issue.
 * Thanks,
    Alex

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