contact form 7 database

Question

newbie question. I mange to create a database for cf7 to save all the submission. everything work fine but I`m not getting the desire results:

this is what get posted on the database:

a:1:{s:20:"first name";s:5:"Jon";}

I need some guidance on how to save only the name that`s getting submitted, in this case is :Jon

$wpdb->insert( $wpdb->prefix . 'maintenance_forms', 
        array( 
           'form' => $submited['title'],
           'first_name' => serialize( $first_name ),
        )
    );

}

Answer 1

well, manage to fix it.

instead of using: 'first_name' => serialize( $first_name ), i switch to: $first_name = array ('First name'=> $submited['posted_data']['associatename']);