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1. dryanwp
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   I really like this plugin (esp the widget). But I would like to be able to change the contents of the field pb_embedFlash_widgets in the options table using a php script (so I can schedule different videos to display at different times). Unfortunately any change to the content of the pb_embedFlash_widgets field seems to inactivate the plugin.

   Any suggestions?

2. pasber
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   This could have several reasons:

   • Does your script use unserialize and serialize to read/store the data from/into the pb_embedFlash_widgets field?
   • Do you modify the structure in any way?

   If the advices don't help then I'll need the full PHP code.

3. dryanwp
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   My mistake. In pb_embedFlash-widets you find an array whose elements look like this:

   s:5:"title";

   The "5" refers to the number of characters in "title". If you change "title" to "my_title" you must also change 5 to 8 or the plugin breaks.

4. pasber
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   You can ease your program heavily by using unserialize to make an array out of the {s:5:"title";...} string and use serialize to do vice versa. :D

   Nothing else I'm doing to store an array in a single option field.

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