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1. spstieng
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Hi.

   Can someone explain to me what the different parts of the capability / role means? I'm guessing that S:10 means level 10 of that specific role? But what is a:1 and b:1 ?

   And can I add additional roles here? If yes, where?

2. apljdi
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I'm guessing that S:10 means level 10 of that specific role?

   Nope. What you are looking at is a serialized string, which is a text representation of a value, usually an array or an object. The number is a kind of data validation. Its a count of the number of characters in the part of the value it refers to-- in this case 'subscriber'. See? Ten letters in 'subscriber'. Unserialized it "looks" like this:

   array (
     'subscriber' => true,
   )

   All it means it that this user has the 'subscriber' role.

   Lets see if I can get this right. :)

   a = array
   1 = with one element in the array
   { = start the bit referred to by a:1:
   array key is a...
   s = string
   10 = of ten characters
   subscriber = the 'name' of the key is 'subscriber'
   array value is a...
   b = boolean
   1 = value set to true
   } = end the array referred to by a:1:

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