diff --git a/e107_handlers/core_functions.php b/e107_handlers/core_functions.php
index 2e55aa747..e1869e0f3 100644
--- a/e107_handlers/core_functions.php
+++ b/e107_handlers/core_functions.php
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ class e_array {
     * @param string $ArrayData
     * @return array stored data
     */
-    public function read($ArrayData) 
+    public function unserialize($ArrayData) 
     {
         if ($ArrayData == ""){
             return false;
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ class e_array {
     * @param bool $AddSlashes default true, add slashes for db storage, else false
     * @return string
     */
-    public function write($ArrayData, $AddSlashes = true) 
+    public function serialize($ArrayData, $AddSlashes = false) 
     {       
         if (!is_array($ArrayData)) {
             return false;
@@ -374,7 +374,13 @@ class e_array {
      */
     function WriteArray($ArrayData, $AddSlashes = true) {
         
-        return  $this->write($ArrayData, $AddSlashes);   
+        return  $this->serialize($ArrayData, $AddSlashes);   
+
+    }
+	
+	function write($ArrayData, $AddSlashes = true) {
+        
+        return  $this->serialize($ArrayData, $AddSlashes);   
 
     }
 
@@ -387,7 +393,12 @@ class e_array {
     */
     function ReadArray($ArrayData) 
     {
-        return $this->read($ArrayData);
+        return $this->unserialize($ArrayData);
+    }
+	
+	 function read($ArrayData) 
+    {
+        return $this->unserialize($ArrayData);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/e107_handlers/e107_class.php b/e107_handlers/e107_class.php
index 44f72be01..0e4dcda42 100644
--- a/e107_handlers/e107_class.php
+++ b/e107_handlers/e107_class.php
@@ -1405,6 +1405,29 @@ class e107
 	}
 
 
+  /**
+    * Return a string containg exported array data. - preferred. 
+    *
+    * @param array $ArrayData array to be stored
+    * @param bool $AddSlashes default false, add slashes for db storage, else false
+    * @return string
+    */
+    public static function serialize($ArrayData, $AddSlashes = false) 
+    {       
+       return self::getArrayStorage()->serialize($ArrayData, $AddSlashes); 
+    }
+	
+	  /**
+    * Returns an array from stored array data.
+    *
+    * @param string $ArrayData
+    * @return array stored data
+    */
+    public static function unserialize($ArrayData) 
+    {       
+       return self::getArrayStorage()->unserialize($ArrayData); 
+    }
+
 
 	/**
 	 * Retrieve current user model object.
diff --git a/e107_handlers/mysql_class.php b/e107_handlers/mysql_class.php
index 84f9d19a7..30ff88088 100644
--- a/e107_handlers/mysql_class.php
+++ b/e107_handlers/mysql_class.php
@@ -791,7 +791,7 @@ class e_db_mysql
 		{
 			if(!isset($arg['_FIELD_TYPES']['_DEFAULT']))
 			{
-				$arg['_FIELD_TYPES']['_DEFAULT'] = 'todb';
+				$arg['_FIELD_TYPES']['_DEFAULT'] = 'string';
 			}
 			$fieldTypes = $arg['_FIELD_TYPES'];
 			unset($arg['_FIELD_TYPES']);
diff --git a/e107_handlers/userclass_class.php b/e107_handlers/userclass_class.php
index 975d3b25a..7b1aeb6d5 100644
--- a/e107_handlers/userclass_class.php
+++ b/e107_handlers/userclass_class.php
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ class user_class
 				}
 			}
 
-			$userCache = e107::getArrayStorage()->write($this->class_tree, FALSE);
+			$userCache = e107::serialize($this->class_tree, FALSE);
 			$e107->ecache->set_sys(UC_CACHE_TAG,$userCache);
 			unset($userCache);
 		}
diff --git a/e107_plugins/forum/forum_class.php b/e107_plugins/forum/forum_class.php
index 3c672334b..9926c0f08 100644
--- a/e107_plugins/forum/forum_class.php
+++ b/e107_plugins/forum/forum_class.php
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ class e107forum
 		$fid 	= intval($data['dl']);
 		
 		$array 	= $sql->retrieve('forum_post','post_user,post_attachments','post_id='.intval($data['id']));
-		$attach = e107::getArrayStorage()->read($array['post_attachments']);
+		$attach = e107::serialize($array['post_attachments']);
 		$file 	= $this->getAttachmentPath($array['post_user']).varset($attach['file'][$fid]);
 
 		e107::getFile()->send($file);	
diff --git a/e107_plugins/forum/forum_post.php b/e107_plugins/forum/forum_post.php
index 9634bb3f5..bd62573e7 100644
--- a/e107_plugins/forum/forum_post.php
+++ b/e107_plugins/forum/forum_post.php
@@ -256,11 +256,11 @@ if (isset($_POST['newthread']) || isset($_POST['reply']))
 			//	if($ur['fname']) { $_tmp .= '*'.$ur['fname']; }
 				
 				$type = $ur['type'];
-				$newValues[$type][] = basename($ur['fname']);
+				$newValues[$type][] = $ur['fname'];
 				// $attachments[] = $_tmp;
 			}
 		//	$postInfo['_FIELD_TYPES']['post_attachments'] = 'array'; //XXX Horrible "FIELD_TYPES" idea.  
-			$postInfo['post_attachments'] = e107::getArrayStorage()->write($newValues); //FIXME 
+			$postInfo['post_attachments'] = e107::serialize($newValues); //FIXME 
 		}
 //		var_dump($uploadResult);