Regex/ code to fix corrupt serialized PHP data.

Question

I have a massive multidimensional array that has been serialised by PHP. It has been stored in MySQL and the data field wasn\'t large enough... the end has been cut off... I

Answer 1

Using preg_replace_callback(), instead of preg_replace(.../e) (because /e modifier is deprecated).

$fixed_serialized_String = preg_replace_callback('/s:([0-9]+):\"(.*?)\";/',function($match) {
    return "s:".strlen($match[2]).':"'.$match[2].'";';
}, $serializedString);

$correct_array= unserialize($fixed_serialized_String);