<?php
$tmp = serialize('Now that there: is the Tec, a crappy spray gun <b>from</b> South "Miami.
This gun is advertised as the most popular\' gun <i>in</i> American; crime.');
var_dump($tmp);
var_dump(unserialize($tmp));
string(156) "s:147:"Now that there: is the Tec, a crappy spray gun <b>from</b> South "Miami.
This gun is advertised as the most popular' gun <i>in</i> American; crime.";"
string(147) "Now that there: is the Tec, a crappy spray gun <b>from</b> South "Miami.
This gun is advertised as the most popular' gun <i>in</i> American; crime."
Output for 8.3.5
Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library 'sodium.so' (tried: /usr/lib/php/8.3.5/modules/sodium.so (libsodium.so.23: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory), /usr/lib/php/8.3.5/modules/sodium.so.so (/usr/lib/php/8.3.5/modules/sodium.so.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)) in Unknown on line 0
string(156) "s:147:"Now that there: is the Tec, a crappy spray gun <b>from</b> South "Miami.
This gun is advertised as the most popular' gun <i>in</i> American; crime.";"
string(147) "Now that there: is the Tec, a crappy spray gun <b>from</b> South "Miami.
This gun is advertised as the most popular' gun <i>in</i> American; crime."