Event Customfields PHP Syntax

[wonderfulwat]

I'm trying to create a php if statement for a calendar's customfield.

Statements with regular database entries work fine

PHP Code:

        if ($event['userid'] == '3') 


PHP Code:

        if ($event['title'] == 'Michael Ignatieff’s Town Hall for Canada') 


but when I try to do an if statement for a customfield it doesn't work.

This is the mysql database entry under the 'event' table

customfields | a:1:{i:2;s:7:"Liberal";}

ideally my if statement would look like this, but i know it doesn't work:

PHP Code:

 if ($event['customfields'] == 'Liberal') 


Can someone show me the correct way of doing this?