Unserialize through query at database level itself

Question

I have a column value stored in the database as:

a:2:{i:0;s:2:\"US\";i:1;s:2:\"19\";}

I want to unserialize it during the mysql

Answer 1

As mentioned by kchteam, MySQLToolBox library comes handy for this purpose using a custom defined MySQL function getPhpSerializedArrayValueByKey available here https://github.com/KredytyChwilowki/MySQLToolBox/blob/master/getPhpSerializedArrayValueByKey.sql.

After adding this function, you can retrieve any value in the serialized array by using the following syntax,

SELECT getPhpSerializedArrayValueByKey(column_name, 'array_key') AS deseializedArrayValue FROM table_name

The given array can be unserialized like,

SELECT getPhpSerializedArrayValueByKey('a:2:{i:0;s:2:"US";i:1;s:2:"19";}
', 'key_to_retrieve') AS key_to_retrieve

Answer 2

You can use SUBSTRING_INDEX

For example, if you have a record like this:

a:5:{s:9:"invoiceid";s:1:"8";s:8:"balance";i:5;s:14:"broughtforward";i:3;s:6:"userid";s:5:"13908";s:10:"customerid";s:1:"3";}

You can use the below SELECT statement:

SELECT SUBSTRING_INDEX(SUBSTRING_INDEX(old_data,';',1),':',-1) AS fieldname1,
SUBSTRING_INDEX(SUBSTRING_INDEX(old_data,';',2),':',-1) AS fieldvalue1,
SUBSTRING_INDEX(SUBSTRING_INDEX(old_data,';',3),':',-1) AS fieldname2,
SUBSTRING_INDEX(SUBSTRING_INDEX(old_data,';',4),':',-1) AS fieldvalue2,
SUBSTRING_INDEX(SUBSTRING_INDEX(old_data,';',5),':',-1) AS fieldname3,
SUBSTRING_INDEX(SUBSTRING_INDEX(old_data,';',6),':',-1) AS fieldvalue3,
SUBSTRING_INDEX(SUBSTRING_INDEX(old_data,';',7),':',-1) AS fieldname4,
SUBSTRING_INDEX(SUBSTRING_INDEX(old_data,';',8),':',-1) AS fieldvalue4,
SUBSTRING_INDEX(SUBSTRING_INDEX(old_data,';',9),':',-1) AS fieldname5,
SUBSTRING_INDEX(SUBSTRING_INDEX(old_data,';',10),':',-1) AS fieldvalue5
FROM table;

Check this for reference: How to unserialize data using mysql without using php