[wp-hackers] Changes to widget data in 2.3?

[Jairus Pryor]

I'm looking to see if there were any changes to how/when get_post_meta
(or related functions)  serialize and unserialize between 2.2 and 2.3,
I think that's where my problems are.

Jairus

On 12/14/07, Andrew Ferguson <andrew at fergcorp.com> wrote:
"As for the s:117, that's WordPress's way of specifying a string."
>
> It's actually the PHP serialize function's way, not just WP. (
> http://www.php.net/serialize)
>
> On Dec 14, 2007 9:05 AM, Otto <otto at ottodestruct.com> wrote:
>
> > What do you mean "only on pages"? Widgets do not support per-page
> > configuration currently.
> >
> > Are you using some kind of plugin to allow this? I searched and could
> > not find "widgeties" anywhere in the normal source code.
> >
> > As for the s:117, that's WordPress's way of specifying a string.
> >
> > Example:
> > a:1:{i:0;s:4:"pb-3";}
> >
> > That's specifying an array with 1 item in it. When it's parsed back
> > into a PHP array, it'll have arrayname[0]="pb-3". The i:0 is an
> > integer. The s:4:"pb-3" is a string. The four means 4 characters in
> > it.
> >
> > So, what you posted shows a 117 character long string. It just happens
> > to contain something that itself is a serialized array. I suspect that
> > the plugin you're using works differently under 2.3 than it did
> > before.
> >
> >
> > On 12/14/07, Jairus Pryor <jairus at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > I'm testing an upgrade to 2.3, and I noticed that widgets were having
> > > problems, but only on pages on which I hadn't made any changes to the
> > > widgets since upgrading. If I saved a page as-is, the widgets would
> > > start rendering problem-free.
> > >
> > > So I saved a page (having made no changes), and looked at the DB
> > > before and after:
> > >
> > > Before
> > > (4082, 2935, '_widgeties',
> > >
> > 'a:3:{s:9:"sidebar-1";a:1:{i:0;s:4:"pb-3";}s:9:"sidebar-2";a:1:{i:0;s:4:"pb-1";}s:9:"sidebar-3";a:1:{i:0;s:4:"pb-2";}}'),
> > >
> > > After
> > > (4082, 2935, '_widgeties',
> > >
> > 's:117:"a:3:{s:9:"sidebar-1";a:1:{i:0;s:4:"pb-3";}s:9:"sidebar-2";a:1:{i:0;s:4:"pb-1";}s:9:"sidebar-3";a:1:{i:0;s:4:"pb-2";}}";'),
> > >
> > > ...so the change that I can see is that it's now part of the data is
> > > encapsulated, like so:
> > >
> > > s:117:"DATAHERE";
> > >
> > > Does anyone know what the "s:117" is referring to, and what the change
> > > was made in regards to?
> > >
> > > Jairus
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