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andreekeberg/serialized-search-replace
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Search and replace serialized strings, and update all string lengths

1.1.0(5y ago)5311[2 issues](https://github.com/andreekeberg/serialized-search-replace/issues)1MITPHPPHP >=4.0.0

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Serialized Search and Replace
=============================

[](#serialized-search-and-replace)

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Easily replace strings found in content containing data serialized by the [serialize](https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.serialize.php) function without corrupting your data, by correcting all length values included in these objects before returning the replaced content.

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- PHP 4.0.0 or higher

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

```
composer require andreekeberg/serialized-search-replace

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

**Basic usage**

```
$output = SerializedSearchReplace::replace(
    'http://example.com',
    'https://example.com',
    serialize([
        'url' => 'http://example.com/'
    ])
);
```

Returns:

```
a:1:{s:3:"url";s:20:"https://example.com/";}

```

**Getting the number of replacements performed**

Passing `$count` by reference to get the total number of replacements performed:

```
$output = SerializedSearchReplace::replace(
    'http://example.com',
    'https://example.com',
    serialize([
        'url' => 'http://example.com/'
    ]),
    $count
);
```

Value of `$count`:

```
1

```

Documentation
-------------

[](#documentation)

- [SerializedSearchReplace](docs/SerializedSearchReplace.md)

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Read the [contribution guidelines](CONTRIBUTING.md).

Changelog
---------

[](#changelog)

Refer to the [changelog](CHANGELOG.md) for a full history of the project.

License
-------

[](#license)

Serialized Search and Replace is licensed under the [MIT license](LICENSE).

###  Health Score

25

—

LowBetter than 37% of packages

Maintenance12

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity18

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity50

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~3 days

Total

2

Last Release

2071d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/86bc1ee1c801495796569fefa0c1275d88542a5d74d5ddf04c4851e88351fa20?d=identicon)[andreekeberg](/maintainers/andreekeberg)

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Top Contributors

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Tags

libraryphpphp-libraryreplacesearchsearch-and-replacesearch-replaceserializeserializedserialized-dataunserializesearchserializeunserializereplaceserializedsearch-replace

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