Question

I have a string, more specifically, this one:

a:16:{s:9:"pseudonym";O:16:"SimpleXMLElement":0:{}s:14:"parallel_title";O:16:"SimpleXMLElement":0:{}s:9:"title_var";O:16:"SimpleXMLElement":0:{}s:6:"series";O:16:"SimpleXMLElement":0:{}s:9:"vol_title";O:16:"SimpleXMLElement":0:{}s:9:"reference";O:16:"SimpleXMLElement":0:{}s:10:"bound_with";O:16:"SimpleXMLElement":0:{}s:15:"general_remarks";O:16:"SimpleXMLElement":0:{}s:6:"copies";O:16:"SimpleXMLElement":1:{i:0;s:1:"1";}s:11:"remarks_BPH";O:16:"SimpleXMLElement":0:{}s:3:"ICN";O:16:"SimpleXMLElement":1:{i:0;s:4:"neen";}s:10:"provenance";O:16:"SimpleXMLElement":0:{}s:7:"binding";O:16:"SimpleXMLElement":0:{}s:10:"size_hxwxd";O:16:"SimpleXMLElement":0:{}s:6:"BookID";O:16:"SimpleXMLElement":1:{i:0;s:4:"6271";}s:5:"repro";O:16:"SimpleXMLElement":0:{}}

Is it possible to parse this string somehow? I need to display the keys and values in a list. I tried to use json_decode but it doesn’t return anything, even with the second parameter set to true:

json_decode($string,true);

Answer 1

It’s not JSON, it’s serialized PHP. Use unserialize().