Regex/ code to fix corrupt serialized PHP data.
Solution:
1) try online:
Serialized String Fixer (online tool)
2) Use function:
unserialize(
serialize_corrector(
$serialized_string ) ) ;
code:
function serialize_corrector($serialized_string){
// at first, check if "fixing" is really needed at all. After that, security checkup.
if ( @unserialize($serialized_string) !== true && preg_match('/^[aOs]:/', $serialized_string) ) {
$serialized_string = preg_replace_callback( '/s\:(\d+)\:\"(.*?)\";/s', function($matches){return 's:'.strlen($matches[2]).':"'.$matches[2].'";'; }, $serialized_string );
}
return $serialized_string;
}
there is also this script, which i haven't tested.
This is recalculating the length of the elements in a serialized array:
$fixed = preg_replace_callback(
'/s:([0-9]+):\"(.*?)\";/',
function ($matches) { return "s:".strlen($matches[2]).':"'.$matches[2].'";'; },
$serialized
);
However, it doesn't work if your strings contain ";
. In that case it's not possible to fix the serialized array string automatically -- manual editing will be needed.