making new items...

[Curt]

ok ive looked over my scipts and i just cant figure this out and im sure this is a simple one...heres my problem..

Its about making new items that change a value in your users table...

heres the effect code from the database :

a:4:{s:4:"stat";s:10:"protection";s:3:"dir";s:3:"pos";s:8:"inc_type";s:6:"figure";s:10:"inc_amount";i:60;}

 

ok when i make a item and i need it to change the value i always have to go through and continuesly change the value of s:10; part unti the item works...lol..this is starting to get very annoying to me ..

EDIT* just noticed there is two s:10 parts im talking about the first one...

how do i determine this value when i create a item that changes a value in the database ?...i just cant seem to figure it out...

thanks if you can help...