Online PHP editor | refs for SApBV

<?php $corrupted_byte_counts = <<<STRING a:12:{i:0;s:3:"three";i:1;s:5:"five";i:2;s:2:"newline1 newline2";i:3;s:6:"garçon";i:4;s:111:"double " quote \"escaped";i:5;s:1:"a,comma";i:6;s:9:"a:colon";i:7;s:0:"single 'quote";i:8;s:999:"semi;colon";s:5:"assoc";s:3:"yes";i:9;s:1:"monkey";wrenching doublequote-semicolon";s:3:"s:";s:9:"val s: val";} STRING; $repaired = preg_replace_callback( '/s:\d+:"(.*?)";(?=$|}|[si]:)/s', // ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^-- this extension goes a little further to address a possible monkeywrench 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));