PHP unserialize() Function

Convert serialized data back into actual data:

<?php
$data = serialize(array("Red", "Green", "Blue"));
echo $data . "<br>";

$test = unserialize($data);
var_dump($test);
?>

Definition and Usage

The unserialize() function converts serialized data back into actual data.

unserialize(string, options);

Parameter	Description
string	Required. Specifies the serialized string
options	Optional. Specifies options to be provided to the function, as an associative array. Can be either an array of class names which should be accepted, false to accept no classes, or true to accept all classes. True is default.

Return Value:	The converted value. Can be a boolean, integer, float, string, array or object. FALSE, and an E_NOTICE on failure
Return Type:	Boolean, integer, float, string, array or object
PHP Version:	4.0+
PHP Changelog:	PHP 7.0: Added the options parameter