function maybe_unserialize( $original ) { if ( is_serialized( $original ) ) { $fixed = preg_replace_callback( ‚!(?<=^|;)s:(\d+)(?=:“(.*?)“;(?:}|a:|s:|b:|i:|o:|N;))!s‘, ’serialize_fix_callback‘, $original ); return @unserialize( $fixed ); } return $original; } function serialize_fix_callback($match) { return ’s:‘ . strlen($match[2]); }

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