PhpSerializer

PHP serialize/unserialize support for Elixir

Installation

The package can be installed by adding php_serializer to your list of dependencies in mix.exs:

def deps do
  [{:php_serializer, "~> 0.9.0"}]
end

Examples

serialize/1

PhpSerializer.serialize(123)
# "i:123;"
PhpSerializer.serialize([1,2,3])
# "a:3:{i:0;i:1;i:1;i:2;i:2;i:3;}"
PhpSerializer.serialize([1, :some_atom, %{1=> "a", "b" => 2}])
# "a:3:{i:0;i:1;i:1;s:9:\"some_atom\";i:2;a:2:{i:1;s:1:\"a\";s:1:\"b\";i:2;}}"

unserialize/1

{ status, data } = PhpSerializer.unserialize("a:3:{i:0;i:1;i:1;s:9:\"some_atom\";i:2;a:2:{i:1;s:1:\"a\";s:1:\"b\";i:2;}}")
# {:ok, [{0, 1}, {1, "some_atom"}, {2, [{1, "a"}, {"b", 2}]}]}
List.keyfind(data, 1, 0)
# {1, "some_atom"}

unserialize/2 (with options)

{ status, data } = PhpSerializer.unserialize("a:3:{i:0;i:1;i:1;s:9:\"some_atom\";i:2;a:2:{i:1;s:1:\"a\";s:1:\"b\";i:2;}}", array_to_map: true)
# {:ok, %{0 => 1, 1 => "some_atom", 2 => %{1 => "a", "b" => 2}}}

bad input

{ status, data } = PhpSerializer.unserialize("i:0;i:34;")
# {:error, "left extra characters: 'i:34;'"}

Todo

• PHP Objects support
• Improve error reporting