unserialize

Example

Convert serialized data back to actual data:

 <span class="token php language-php"><span class="token delimiter important"><?php</span>
<span class="token variable">$data</span> <span class="token operator">=</span> <span class="token function">serialize</span> <span class="token punctuation">(</span> <span class="token keyword">array</span> <span class="token punctuation">(</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"Red"</span> <span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"Green"</span> <span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"Blue"</span> <span class="token punctuation">)</span> <span class="token punctuation">)</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>
<span class="token keyword">echo</span> <span class="token variable">$data</span> <span class="token operator">.</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"<br>"</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>

<span class="token variable">$test</span> <span class="token operator">=</span> <span class="token function">unserialize</span> <span class="token punctuation">(</span> <span class="token variable">$data</span> <span class="token punctuation">)</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>
<span class="token function">var_dump</span> <span class="token punctuation">(</span> <span class="token variable">$test</span> <span class="token punctuation">)</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>
<span class="token delimiter important">?></span></span>

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