get_post_meta returns bool(false)

Apparently the serialized data got corrupt, calling the field by query got me this error. WordPress does not return an error when the serialized data is corrupt just a bool(false).

Solved this by insert/update the serialized data in a base64_encode() and call it with base64_decode(). This seems to do the trick and data can be called again from the function.

Wrote a small functions for myself

Maybe there is someone with the same issue, i’ve wrote this small function to check.

<?php
function wpgz_post_meta( $post_id, $meta_key="", $base64_decode=false )
{
    if( intval($post_id) )
    {
         $post_meta = get_post_meta( $post_id, $meta_key, true );
         $post_meta = $base64_decode !== false ? base64_decode($post_meta) : NULL;

         $post_meta = explode(PHP_EOL, $post_meta);
         $post_meta = unserialize($post_meta[0]);

         if( is_array($post_meta) )
         {
             return $post_meta; 
         }
         else {

             send_page_notice("danger", "Invalid format", "Returned value is not a valid array.");
         }
     }
     else {

         send_page_notice("danger", "Invalid input", "The first value for this function should be an integer number.");
    }
}