February 12, 2011 
Definition:
function is_serialized( $data ) {}
Check value to find if it was serialized.
If $data is not an string, then returned value will always be false. Serialized data is always a string.
Parameters
- mixed $data: Value to check to see if was serialized.
Return values
returns:False if not serialized and true if it was.
Source code
function is_serialized( $data ) {
// if it isn't a string, it isn't serialized
if ( ! is_string( $data ) )
return false;
$data = trim( $data );
if ( 'N;' == $data )
return true;
$length = strlen( $data );
if ( $length < 4 )
return false;
if ( ':' !== $data[1] )
return false;
$lastc = $data[$length-1];
if ( ';' !== $lastc && '}' !== $lastc )
return false;
$token = $data[0];
switch ( $token ) {
case 's' :
if ( '"' !== $data[$length-2] )
return false;
case 'a' :
case 'O' :
return (bool) preg_match( "/^{$token}:[0-9]+:/s", $data );
case 'b' :
case 'i' :
case 'd' :
return (bool) preg_match( "/^{$token}:[0-9.E-]+;\$/", $data );
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