- preg_replace_callback: documentation ( source)
- unserialize: documentation ( source)
- print_r: documentation ( source)
<?php
$corrupted_byte_counts = <<<STRING
a:10:{s:16:"submit_editorial";b:0;s:15:"submit_orig_url";s:13:"www.bbc.co.uk";s:12:"submit_title";s:14:"No title found";s:14:"submit_content";s:12:"dnfsdkfjdfdf";s:15:"submit_category";i:2;s:11:"submit_tags";s:3:"bbc";s:9:"submit_id";b:0;s:16:"submit_subscribe";i:0;s:15:"submit_comments";s:4:"open";s:5:"image";s:19:"C:fakepath100.jpg";}
STRING;
$repaired = preg_replace_callback(
'/s:\d+:"(.*?)";/s',
function ($m) {
return 's:' . strlen($m[1]) . ":\"{$m[1]}\";";
},
$corrupted_byte_counts
);
echo "corrupted serialized array:\n$corrupted_byte_counts";
echo "\n---\n";
echo "repaired serialized array:\n$repaired";
echo "\n---\n";
print_r(unserialize($repaired)); // unserialize repaired string