Can PHP parse this data?

Question

Data like:

a:5:{i:0;s:0:"";i:1;s:0:"";s:7:"message";s:0:"";s:5:"medal";N;s:5:"users";s:0:"";}

and what's this datatype?

it looks **sort** of like JSON – Zachary Craig Oct 23 '14 at 03:33 — Zachary Craig, Oct 23 '14 at 03:33
@zack6849 no bro, its a serialized array – Kevin Oct 23 '14 at 03:34 — Kevin, Oct 23 '14 at 03:34

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 23 '14 at 03:34

The datatype is a non-standard protocol which exists only within the php-src scripting language.

To properly create a PHP value from a stored representation you would use the unserialize()` function provided by the SPL.

unserialize('a:2:{s:9:"usergroup";s:0:"";s:6:"verify";s:0:"";}');

unserialize() takes a single serialized variable and converts it back into a PHP value.

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 23 '14 at 03:33

2

Couldn't have been that hard if you tried

print_r(unserialize('a:2:{s:9:"usergroup";s:0:"";s:6:"verify";s:0:"";}'));

Output:

Array
(
    [usergroup] => 
    [verify] => 
)

answered Oct 23 '14 at 03:33

Hanky Panky

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