reloading stored print_r() data back into an array

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.

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?

MRB wrote:
> 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?

I am using Pear::Log and that thing dumps array-messages as plain
print_r() data in my database.

Any change on running something like an 'unserialize' on the array-string ?