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- unserialize: documentation ( source)
<?php
$myString = 'a:8:{s:9:"messageId";i:251513207;s:7:"success";b:0;s:11:"description";s:53:"Timing out message [agentId=502, messageId=251513207]";s:11:"failureType";i:0;s:7:"transId";i:57;s:9:"longitude";s:0:"";s:8:"latitude";s:0:"";s:9:"timestamp";s:0:"";}';
var_dump(unserialize($myString));