Yet another attempt a wheel re-invention, using match with offsets rather than split...
<?php
function unserializesession( $data )
{
if( strlen( $data) == 0)
{
return array();
}
preg_match_all('/(^|;|\})([a-zA-Z0-9_]+)\|/i', $data, $matchesarray, PREG_OFFSET_CAPTURE);
$returnArray = array();
$lastOffset = null;
$currentKey = '';
foreach ( $matchesarray[2] as $value )
{
$offset = $value[1];
if(!is_null( $lastOffset))
{
$valueText = substr($data, $lastOffset, $offset - $lastOffset );
$returnArray[$currentKey] = unserialize($valueText);
}
$currentKey = $value[0];
$lastOffset = $offset + strlen( $currentKey )+1;
}
$valueText = substr($data, $lastOffset );
$returnArray[$currentKey] = unserialize($valueText);
return $returnArray;
}
?>