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1. eritt
   Member
   Posted 9 months ago #

   Hello,

   I have some custom meta boxes in a custom post type, and I am creating some custom columns for them in the add/edit screen of the custom post type.

   I can retrieve the values of a text box just fine in my manage_posts_custom_column action, using a switch case like:
   case "my_field":
   $custom = get_post_custom();
   echo $custom["my_field"][0];
   break;
   etc.......
   But When I try to retrieve the values of a dropdown/select box, it looks weird. It shows the value but it is prefixed by:
   a:1:{i:0;s:4:"
   and followed by:
   ";}

   So, how do I properly retrieve the values of dropdown box? I can't find an example anywhere...

2. keesiemeijer
   moderator
   Posted 9 months ago #

   This looks like a serialized array, try to unserialize it.

3. eritt
   Member
   Posted 9 months ago #

   thank you. That was all I needed to help me research it....

   This works!:
   case "my_field":
   $customdropbox = get_post_custom_values('my_field');
   $customdropbox = unserialize($customdropbox[0]);
   echo current($customdropbox);
   break;

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