maybe_unserialize() WP 1.0

Unserialize value only if it was serialized.

No Hooks.

Return

Mixed. Unserialized data can be any type.

Usage

maybe_unserialize( $data );

$data(string) (required)

Data that might be unserialized.

Changelog

Code of maybe_unserialize() maybe unserialize ^{WP 5.6}

<?php
function maybe_unserialize( $data ) {
	if ( is_serialized( $data ) ) { // Don't attempt to unserialize data that wasn't serialized going in.
		return @unserialize( trim( $data ) );
	}

	return $data;
}

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