Title: Export / Import Tables
Last modified: July 6, 2021

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# Export / Import Tables

 *  [essep](https://wordpress.org/support/users/essep/)
 * (@essep)
 * [4 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/export-import-tables/)
 * Hi, I’m using WP All Import to migrate ACF content (it appears to be the only
   plugin that can migrate ACF values).
    When Exporting the table field, the results
   is just “Array,Array,Array,Array,Array” and migration fails (no table is created).
   Do you have a solution to get something that can then get reimported with WP 
   all Import?
 * Thank you!

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 *  Plugin Author [Johann Heyne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jonua/)
 * (@jonua)
 * [4 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/export-import-tables/#post-14634980)
 * Hi,
 * I unfortunately cant test a commercial plugin. I know for example, that plugins
   like “All-in-One WP Migration” and others works.
 * The table field stores the table data array as an serialized array in the database
   as usual in WordPress. If there is something like “Array,Array…” in the export
   file, the export process converted the table data string from the database into
   an array for some reason. You may check this in the export setup.
 * Did this hint help?
    Cheers, Johann
    -  This reply was modified 4 years, 11 months ago by [Johann Heyne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jonua/).
 *  Thread Starter [essep](https://wordpress.org/support/users/essep/)
 * (@essep)
 * [4 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/export-import-tables/#post-14650680)
 * Thank you for the answer, I know when other plugins are involed it’s always complex
   to pinpoint where the problem is.
    Wp all export does have a free [version](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-all-export/)
   here that handles the exporting part and another that handles the imports. (Only
   the ACF specific part is a premium feature, but to export serialized data I didn’t
   use that) This plugin, differently from “All-in-One WP Migration” and similar,
   exports just specific data through csv from wordpress and not the whole DB.
 * So, unlckily I’m not a programmer, however, I managed to get the data exported
   as serialized data. The main problem I have now is that I can’t import the serialized
   data, since it is apparently required to give key/value pairs or a custom PHP
   function (?) as mentioned here: [https://www.wpallimport.com/documentation/custom-fields/serialized-fields/](https://www.wpallimport.com/documentation/custom-fields/serialized-fields/).
 * I hope this isn’t too confused.

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## Tags

 * [export](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/export/)
 * [migrate](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/migrate/)
 * [table](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/table/)

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 * Last reply from: [essep](https://wordpress.org/support/users/essep/)
 * Last activity: [4 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/export-import-tables/#post-14650680)
 * Status: not resolved