SerializedSearchReplace.md

SerializedSearchReplace

Name	Description
repair	Repair serialized data by correcting invalid length values
replace	Safely replace all occurrences of a string in serialized data

SerializedSearchReplace::repair

Description

public repair (string $input)

Repair serialized data by correcting invalid length values

Parameters

• (string) $input

Return values

string

Usage

$output = SerializedSearchReplace::repair('a:1:{s:4:"name";s:7:"Test";}');

Returns:

a:1:{s:4:"name";s:4:"Test";}

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SerializedSearchReplace::replace

Description

public replace (string|array $search, string|array $replace, string $subject, int|null &$count)

Safely replace all occurrences of a string in serialized data

Parameters

• (string|array) $search
• (string|array) $replace
• (string) $subject
• (int|null) &$count

Return values

string

Usage

Basic usage

$output = SerializedSearchReplace::replace(
    'http://example.com',
    'https://example.com',
    serialize([
        'url' => 'http://example.com/'
    ])
);

Returns:

a:1:{s:3:"url";s:20:"https://example.com/";}

Getting the number of replacements performed

Passing $count by reference to get the total number of replacements performed:

$output = SerializedSearchReplace::replace(
    'http://example.com',
    'https://example.com',
    serialize([
        'url' => 'http://example.com/'
    ]),
    $count
);

Value of $count:

1