Re: How to parse data type array columns?

Am Dienstag, 16. August 2005 17:04 schrieb Greg Stark:
> Janning Vygen <vygen(at)gmx(dot)de> writes:
> > Hi,
> >
> > if you use array data type in your database design and query your tables
> > with PHP you get a string which represents the array. It can look
> > something like this:
> >
> > [1:2]{{"Hallo", "Te\"st},"},{"Hallo", "Test"}}
>
> Do you still get that if you use the binary format? I would expect it to be
> easier to parse the binary format than this format which is really intended
> for humans and dump files.

What kind of "binary format" do you mean? anyway: In PHP you get it as a
string and i wonder if anyone has written a small pasrer function for php to
handle this string an convert it into an php array structure.

kind regards,
janning