Unserialize PHP data in python

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How to read/make sense of a PHP serialised data string in python

I'm using python to access a database which is managed by a Drupal install. The data I want to access in Drupal in saved in the database as a PHP serialized object.

Are there any pre-built python modules which can deserialize a PHP serialized object into a python object? I've done some searching and come up with nothing.

I realize I could write my own parser from scratch but I'd rather use something thats been tried and tested.

Solution 1

Are you looking for phpserialize?

Solution 2

If you don't need object serialization (which can be compensated with associative arrays), then a faster alternative might be this: http://code.google.com/p/serek/ (it's a Python module written in C)

It's used in production servers under heavy load at my company, so I might recommend it as stable. There is no tarball available, though. So you have to grab it straight from the repository.

Comments

[William]

There's a Python library for everything...

[horcle_buzz]

Indeed there is. Thanks for this. Saved me a LOT of work.

[DomonLee]

OMG, Thank you. Python 3rd part libs saved me.