PHP How to print a single value from this Array?

Question

I have an Array like this one:

Array ( [0] => a:39:{s:2:"id";s:6:"703981";s:4:"name";s:10:"Bilton Apt";s:7:"address";s:25:"Hart Blvd, Paradise Acres";s:3:"zip";s:2:"PO";s:10:"city_hotel";s:11:"Montego ....etc...

And i want to print in the page the "name" value so i wrote these two lines of code:

 $item = get_post_meta($post->ID, '_ihfc_hotel'); 
 echo $item['name'];

But when i load the page i receive this error:

Notice: Undefined index: name in /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/wp_test_csv/wp-content/themes/twenty....etc

i tried with other solutions like:

echo $item[0]['name']; or echo $item[0]->['name']:

But none works

Some one can help me?

You're going to need an unserialize somewhere.

Jonnix
– Jonnix

2016-09-13 15:53:32 +00:00
Commented Sep 13, 2016 at 15:53 — Jonnix
– Jonnix, Commented Sep 13, 2016 at 15:53
Your array contains serialized values.

u_mulder
– u_mulder

2016-09-13 15:54:38 +00:00
Commented Sep 13, 2016 at 15:54 — u_mulder
– u_mulder, Commented Sep 13, 2016 at 15:54

iliaz · Accepted Answer · 2016-09-13 15:59:47Z

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You need to unserialize the array, as told in the comments:

$ar = unserialize($item[0]);
echo $ar['name'];

You can put it in a loop to get all values in a multi dimensional array:

foreach($item as $key=>$value){
    $ar[$key] = unserialize($value);
}

and then access it:

echo $ar[0]['name'];

answered Sep 13, 2016 at 15:59

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Xorifelse · Accepted Answer · 2016-09-13 20:42:50Z

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As Jon Stirling and u_mulder said, your array contains a serialized value and the only one shown in your example is index 0. So due the fact that your example string is cut short with ....etc... I can only answer to what is known.

$data = unserialize($item[0]);
print_r($data);

echo $data['name'] // Bilton Apt

This should do that trick.

edited Sep 13, 2016 at 20:42

answered Sep 13, 2016 at 15:59

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FRA Over a year ago

Thanks this is what i need.

Poiz · Accepted Answer · 2016-09-13 16:03:42Z

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Did you mean:

<?php 

 $name = get_post_meta($post->ID, '_ihfc_hotel', true); 
 echo $name;

Otherwise

<?php 

 $data = get_post_meta($post->ID, '_ihfc_hotel', true); 
 $data = unserialize($data);

 var_dump($data);
 var_dump($data['name']);

edited Sep 13, 2016 at 16:03

answered Sep 13, 2016 at 15:58

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Xorifelse Over a year ago

According to the wordpress manual of get_post_data() $single is set to false, as presumably there are more values.

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