Check to see if a string is serialized?

Question

What\'s the best way to determine whether or not a string is the result of the serialize() function?

https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.serialize

Answer 1

/**
 * some people will look down on this little puppy
 */
function isSerialized($s){
if(
    stristr($s, '{' ) != false &&
    stristr($s, '}' ) != false &&
    stristr($s, ';' ) != false &&
    stristr($s, ':' ) != false
    ){
    return true;
}else{
    return false;
}

}