In PHP, how do I deserialize strings in vanilla PHP?

PHP, unserialize, deserialization, string manipulation

This example demonstrates how to deserialize a PHP string using the unserialize() function.


        <?php
        // Example serialized string
        $serializedString = 'a:3:{i:0;s:4:"PHP";i:1;s:6:"Unzip";i:2;s:5:"Word";}';
        
        // Deserializing the string
        $data = unserialize($serializedString);
        
        // Output the result
        print_r($data);
        ?>