Serialize-unserialize-issue

Serialize-unserialize-issue.php

//to safely serialize
$safe_string_to_store = base64_encode(serialize($multidimensional_array));

//to unserialize...
$array_restored_from_db = unserialize(base64_decode($encoded_serialized_string));

// to update serialized data
$data = unserialize($serializedData);
if(array_key_exists('key', $data) {
    $data['key'] = 'New Value';
}
$serializedData = serialize($data);

// I found this awesome code here:
// http://davidwalsh.name/php-serialize-unserialize-issues
// http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14446029/php-update-serialized-data