Checks value to find if it was serialized.
Description
If $data is not a string, then returned value will always be false.
Serialized data is always a string.
Parameters
$datastringrequired- Value to check to see if was serialized.
$strictbooloptional- Whether to be strict about the end of the string.
Default:
true
Source
* @since 6.1.0 Added Enum support.
*
* @param string $data Value to check to see if was serialized.
* @param bool $strict Optional. Whether to be strict about the end of the string. Default true.
* @return bool False if not serialized and true if it was.
*/
function is_serialized( $data, $strict = true ) {
// If it isn't a string, it isn't serialized.
if ( ! is_string( $data ) ) {
return false;
}
$data = trim( $data );
if ( 'N;' === $data ) {
return true;
}
if ( strlen( $data ) < 4 ) {
return false;
}
if ( ':' !== $data[1] ) {
return false;
}
if ( $strict ) {
$lastc = substr( $data, -1 );
if ( ';' !== $lastc && '}' !== $lastc ) {
return false;
}
} else {
$semicolon = strpos( $data, ';' );
$brace = strpos( $data, '}' );
// Either ; or } must exist.
if ( false === $semicolon && false === $brace ) {
return false;
}
// But neither must be in the first X characters.
if ( false !== $semicolon && $semicolon < 3 ) {
return false;
}
if ( false !== $brace && $brace < 4 ) {
return false;
}
}
$token = $data[0];
switch ( $token ) {
case 's':
if ( $strict ) {
if ( '"' !== substr( $data, -2, 1 ) ) {
return false;
}
} elseif ( ! str_contains( $data, '"' ) ) {
return false;
}
// Or else fall through.
case 'a':
case 'O':
case 'E':
return (bool) preg_match( "/^{$token}:[0-9]+:/s", $data );
case 'b':
case 'i':
If it is not serialized, then serialize array into a string format.