Serialized PHP value: Java parsing library

A serialized PHP value, in the format used by PHP's built-in serialize and unserialize functions. This format closely mirrors PHP's data model: it supports all of PHP's scalar types (NULL, booleans, numbers, strings), associative arrays, objects, and recursive data structures using references. The only PHP values not supported by this format are resources, which usually correspond to native file or connection handles and cannot be meaningfully serialized.

There is no official documentation for this data format; this spec was created based on the PHP source code and the behavior of serialize/unserialize. PHP makes no guarantees about compatibility of serialized data between PHP versions, but in practice, the format has remained fully backwards-compatible - values serialized by an older PHP version can be unserialized on any newer PHP version. This spec supports serialized values from PHP 7.3 or any earlier version.

Application

PHP

KS implementation details

License: CC0-1.0
Minimal Kaitai Struct required: 0.9

This page hosts a formal specification of Serialized PHP value using Kaitai Struct. This specification can be automatically translated into a variety of programming languages to get a parsing library.

Usage

Runtime library

All parsing code for Java generated by Kaitai Struct depends on the Java runtime library. You have to install it before you can parse data.

The Java runtime library is published in the Maven Central Repository. Refer to the artifact page for instructions how to add it into your project with the build tool that you use.

Code

Parse a local file and get structure in memory:

PhpSerializedValue data = PhpSerializedValue.fromFile("path/to/local/file.bin");

Or parse structure from a byte array:

byte[] someArray = new byte[] { ... };
PhpSerializedValue data = new PhpSerializedValue(new ByteBufferKaitaiStream(someArray));

After that, one can get various attributes from the structure by invoking getter methods like:

data.type() // => A single-character code indicating the type of the serialized value.

Java source code to parse Serialized PHP value

PhpSerializedValue.java

// This is a generated file! Please edit source .ksy file and use kaitai-struct-compiler to rebuild

import io.kaitai.struct.ByteBufferKaitaiStream;
import io.kaitai.struct.KaitaiStruct;
import io.kaitai.struct.KaitaiStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.nio.charset.Charset;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.ArrayList;


/**
 * A serialized PHP value, in the format used by PHP's built-in `serialize` and
 * `unserialize` functions. This format closely mirrors PHP's data model:
 * it supports all of PHP's scalar types (`NULL`, booleans, numbers, strings),
 * associative arrays, objects, and recursive data structures using references.
 * The only PHP values not supported by this format are *resources*,
 * which usually correspond to native file or connection handles and cannot be
 * meaningfully serialized.
 * 
 * There is no official documentation for this data format;
 * this spec was created based on the PHP source code and the behavior of
 * `serialize`/`unserialize`. PHP makes no guarantees about compatibility of
 * serialized data between PHP versions, but in practice, the format has
 * remained fully backwards-compatible - values serialized by an older
 * PHP version can be unserialized on any newer PHP version.
 * This spec supports serialized values from PHP 7.3 or any earlier version.
 * @see <a href="https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.serialize.php">Source</a>
 * @see <a href="https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.serialize.php#66147">Source</a>
 * @see <a href="https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.unserialize.php">Source</a>
 * @see <a href="https://github.com/php/php-src/blob/php-7.3.5/ext/standard/var_unserializer.re">Source</a>
 * @see <a href="https://github.com/php/php-src/blob/php-7.3.5/ext/standard/var.c#L822">Source</a>
 */
public class PhpSerializedValue extends KaitaiStruct {
    public static PhpSerializedValue fromFile(String fileName) throws IOException {
        return new PhpSerializedValue(new ByteBufferKaitaiStream(fileName));
    }

    public enum ValueType {
        CUSTOM_SERIALIZED_OBJECT(67),
        NULL(78),
        OBJECT(79),
        VARIABLE_REFERENCE(82),
        PHP_6_STRING(83),
        ARRAY(97),
        BOOL(98),
        FLOAT(100),
        INT(105),
        PHP_3_OBJECT(111),
        OBJECT_REFERENCE(114),
        STRING(115);

        private final long id;
        ValueType(long id) { this.id = id; }
        public long id() { return id; }
        private static final Map<Long, ValueType> byId = new HashMap<Long, ValueType>(12);
        static {
            for (ValueType e : ValueType.values())
                byId.put(e.id(), e);
        }
        public static ValueType byId(long id) { return byId.get(id); }
    }

    public enum BoolValue {
        FALSE(48),
        TRUE(49);

        private final long id;
        BoolValue(long id) { this.id = id; }
        public long id() { return id; }
        private static final Map<Long, BoolValue> byId = new HashMap<Long, BoolValue>(2);
        static {
            for (BoolValue e : BoolValue.values())
                byId.put(e.id(), e);
        }
        public static BoolValue byId(long id) { return byId.get(id); }
    }

    public PhpSerializedValue(KaitaiStream _io) {
        this(_io, null, null);
    }

    public PhpSerializedValue(KaitaiStream _io, KaitaiStruct _parent) {
        this(_io, _parent, null);
    }

    public PhpSerializedValue(KaitaiStream _io, KaitaiStruct _parent, PhpSerializedValue _root) {
        super(_io);
        this._parent = _parent;
        this._root = _root == null ? this : _root;
        _read();
    }
    private void _read() {
        this.type = ValueType.byId(this._io.readU1());
        {
            ValueType on = type();
            if (on != null) {
                switch (type()) {
                case CUSTOM_SERIALIZED_OBJECT: {
                    this.contents = new CustomSerializedObjectContents(this._io, this, _root);
                    break;
                }
                case PHP_3_OBJECT: {
                    this.contents = new Php3ObjectContents(this._io, this, _root);
                    break;
                }
                case OBJECT: {
                    this.contents = new ObjectContents(this._io, this, _root);
                    break;
                }
                case VARIABLE_REFERENCE: {
                    this.contents = new IntContents(this._io, this, _root);
                    break;
                }
                case PHP_6_STRING: {
                    this.contents = new StringContents(this._io, this, _root);
                    break;
                }
                case FLOAT: {
                    this.contents = new FloatContents(this._io, this, _root);
                    break;
                }
                case OBJECT_REFERENCE: {
                    this.contents = new IntContents(this._io, this, _root);
                    break;
                }
                case NULL: {
                    this.contents = new NullContents(this._io, this, _root);
                    break;
                }
                case BOOL: {
                    this.contents = new BoolContents(this._io, this, _root);
                    break;
                }
                case INT: {
                    this.contents = new IntContents(this._io, this, _root);
                    break;
                }
                case ARRAY: {
                    this.contents = new ArrayContents(this._io, this, _root);
                    break;
                }
                case STRING: {
                    this.contents = new StringContents(this._io, this, _root);
                    break;
                }
                }
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * A mapping (a sequence of key-value pairs) prefixed with its size.
     */
    public static class CountPrefixedMapping extends KaitaiStruct {
        public static CountPrefixedMapping fromFile(String fileName) throws IOException {
            return new CountPrefixedMapping(new ByteBufferKaitaiStream(fileName));
        }

        public CountPrefixedMapping(KaitaiStream _io) {
            this(_io, null, null);
        }

        public CountPrefixedMapping(KaitaiStream _io, KaitaiStruct _parent) {
            this(_io, _parent, null);
        }

        public CountPrefixedMapping(KaitaiStream _io, KaitaiStruct _parent, PhpSerializedValue _root) {
            super(_io);
            this._parent = _parent;
            this._root = _root;
            _read();
        }
        private void _read() {
            this.numEntriesDec = new String(this._io.readBytesTerm((byte) 58, false, true, true), Charset.forName("ASCII"));
            this.openingBrace = this._io.readBytes(1);
            if (!(Arrays.equals(openingBrace(), new byte[] { 123 }))) {
                throw new KaitaiStream.ValidationNotEqualError(new byte[] { 123 }, openingBrace(), _io(), "/types/count_prefixed_mapping/seq/1");
            }
            this.entries = new ArrayList<MappingEntry>();
            for (int i = 0; i < numEntries(); i++) {
                this.entries.add(new MappingEntry(this._io, this, _root));
            }
            this.closingBrace = this._io.readBytes(1);
            if (!(Arrays.equals(closingBrace(), new byte[] { 125 }))) {
                throw new KaitaiStream.ValidationNotEqualError(new byte[] { 125 }, closingBrace(), _io(), "/types/count_prefixed_mapping/seq/3");
            }
        }
        private Integer numEntries;

        /**
         * The number of key-value pairs in the mapping, parsed as an integer.
         */
        public Integer numEntries() {
            if (this.numEntries != null)
                return this.numEntries;
            int _tmp = (int) (Long.parseLong(numEntriesDec(), 10));
            this.numEntries = _tmp;
            return this.numEntries;
        }
        private String numEntriesDec;
        private byte[] openingBrace;
        private ArrayList<MappingEntry> entries;
        private byte[] closingBrace;
        private PhpSerializedValue _root;
        private KaitaiStruct _parent;

        /**
         * The number of key-value pairs in the mapping, in ASCII decimal.
         */
        public String numEntriesDec() { return numEntriesDec; }
        public byte[] openingBrace() { return openingBrace; }

        /**
         * The key-value pairs contained in the mapping.
         */
        public ArrayList<MappingEntry> entries() { return entries; }
        public byte[] closingBrace() { return closingBrace; }
        public PhpSerializedValue _root() { return _root; }
        public KaitaiStruct _parent() { return _parent; }
    }

    /**
     * The contents of a floating-point value.
     */
    public static class FloatContents extends KaitaiStruct {
        public static FloatContents fromFile(String fileName) throws IOException {
            return new FloatContents(new ByteBufferKaitaiStream(fileName));
        }

        public FloatContents(KaitaiStream _io) {
            this(_io, null, null);
        }

        public FloatContents(KaitaiStream _io, PhpSerializedValue _parent) {
            this(_io, _parent, null);
        }

        public FloatContents(KaitaiStream _io, PhpSerializedValue _parent, PhpSerializedValue _root) {
            super(_io);
            this._parent = _parent;
            this._root = _root;
            _read();
        }
        private void _read() {
            this.colon = this._io.readBytes(1);
            if (!(Arrays.equals(colon(), new byte[] { 58 }))) {
                throw new KaitaiStream.ValidationNotEqualError(new byte[] { 58 }, colon(), _io(), "/types/float_contents/seq/0");
            }
            this.valueDec = new String(this._io.readBytesTerm((byte) 59, false, true, true), Charset.forName("ASCII"));
        }
        private byte[] colon;
        private String valueDec;
        private PhpSerializedValue _root;
        private PhpSerializedValue _parent;
        public byte[] colon() { return colon; }

        /**
         * The value of the `float`, in ASCII decimal, as generated by PHP's
         * usual double-to-string conversion. In particular, this means that:
         * 
         * * A decimal point may not be included (for integral numbers)
         * * The number may use exponent notation (e. g. `1.0E+16`)
         * * Positive and negative infinity are represented as `INF`
         *   and `-INF`, respectively
         * * Not-a-number is represented as `NAN`
         */
        public String valueDec() { return valueDec; }
        public PhpSerializedValue _root() { return _root; }
        public PhpSerializedValue _parent() { return _parent; }
    }

    /**
     * A quoted string prefixed with its length.
     * 
     * Despite the quotes surrounding the string data, it can contain
     * arbitrary bytes, which are never escaped in any way.
     * This does not cause any ambiguities when parsing - the bounds of
     * the string are determined only by the length field, not by the quotes.
     */
    public static class LengthPrefixedQuotedString extends KaitaiStruct {
        public static LengthPrefixedQuotedString fromFile(String fileName) throws IOException {
            return new LengthPrefixedQuotedString(new ByteBufferKaitaiStream(fileName));
        }

        public LengthPrefixedQuotedString(KaitaiStream _io) {
            this(_io, null, null);
        }

        public LengthPrefixedQuotedString(KaitaiStream _io, KaitaiStruct _parent) {
            this(_io, _parent, null);
        }

        public LengthPrefixedQuotedString(KaitaiStream _io, KaitaiStruct _parent, PhpSerializedValue _root) {
            super(_io);
            this._parent = _parent;
            this._root = _root;
            _read();
        }
        private void _read() {
            this.lenDataDec = new String(this._io.readBytesTerm((byte) 58, false, true, true), Charset.forName("ASCII"));
            this.openingQuote = this._io.readBytes(1);
            if (!(Arrays.equals(openingQuote(), new byte[] { 34 }))) {
                throw new KaitaiStream.ValidationNotEqualError(new byte[] { 34 }, openingQuote(), _io(), "/types/length_prefixed_quoted_string/seq/1");
            }
            this.data = this._io.readBytes(lenData());
            this.closingQuote = this._io.readBytes(1);
            if (!(Arrays.equals(closingQuote(), new byte[] { 34 }))) {
                throw new KaitaiStream.ValidationNotEqualError(new byte[] { 34 }, closingQuote(), _io(), "/types/length_prefixed_quoted_string/seq/3");
            }
        }
        private Integer lenData;

        /**
         * The length of the string's contents in bytes, parsed as an integer.
         * The quotes are not counted in this size number.
         */
        public Integer lenData() {
            if (this.lenData != null)
                return this.lenData;
            int _tmp = (int) (Long.parseLong(lenDataDec(), 10));
            this.lenData = _tmp;
            return this.lenData;
        }
        private String lenDataDec;
        private byte[] openingQuote;
        private byte[] data;
        private byte[] closingQuote;
        private PhpSerializedValue _root;
        private KaitaiStruct _parent;

        /**
         * The length of the string's data in bytes, in ASCII decimal.
         * The quotes are not counted in this length number.
         */
        public String lenDataDec() { return lenDataDec; }
        public byte[] openingQuote() { return openingQuote; }

        /**
         * The data contained in the string. The quotes are not included.
         */
        public byte[] data() { return data; }
        public byte[] closingQuote() { return closingQuote; }
        public PhpSerializedValue _root() { return _root; }
        public KaitaiStruct _parent() { return _parent; }
    }

    /**
     * The contents of an object value serialized in the default format.
     * Unlike its PHP 3 counterpart, it contains a class name.
     */
    public static class ObjectContents extends KaitaiStruct {
        public static ObjectContents fromFile(String fileName) throws IOException {
            return new ObjectContents(new ByteBufferKaitaiStream(fileName));
        }

        public ObjectContents(KaitaiStream _io) {
            this(_io, null, null);
        }

        public ObjectContents(KaitaiStream _io, PhpSerializedValue _parent) {
            this(_io, _parent, null);
        }

        public ObjectContents(KaitaiStream _io, PhpSerializedValue _parent, PhpSerializedValue _root) {
            super(_io);
            this._parent = _parent;
            this._root = _root;
            _read();
        }
        private void _read() {
            this.colon1 = this._io.readBytes(1);
            if (!(Arrays.equals(colon1(), new byte[] { 58 }))) {
                throw new KaitaiStream.ValidationNotEqualError(new byte[] { 58 }, colon1(), _io(), "/types/object_contents/seq/0");
            }
            this.className = new LengthPrefixedQuotedString(this._io, this, _root);
            this.colon2 = this._io.readBytes(1);
            if (!(Arrays.equals(colon2(), new byte[] { 58 }))) {
                throw new KaitaiStream.ValidationNotEqualError(new byte[] { 58 }, colon2(), _io(), "/types/object_contents/seq/2");
            }
            this.properties = new CountPrefixedMapping(this._io, this, _root);
        }
        private byte[] colon1;
        private LengthPrefixedQuotedString className;
        private byte[] colon2;
        private CountPrefixedMapping properties;
        private PhpSerializedValue _root;
        private PhpSerializedValue _parent;
        public byte[] colon1() { return colon1; }

        /**
         * The name of the object's class.
         */
        public LengthPrefixedQuotedString className() { return className; }
        public byte[] colon2() { return colon2; }

        /**
         * The object's properties. Keys ust be of type `string`,
         * values may have any type.
         */
        public CountPrefixedMapping properties() { return properties; }
        public PhpSerializedValue _root() { return _root; }
        public PhpSerializedValue _parent() { return _parent; }
    }

    /**
     * The contents of an array value.
     */
    public static class ArrayContents extends KaitaiStruct {
        public static ArrayContents fromFile(String fileName) throws IOException {
            return new ArrayContents(new ByteBufferKaitaiStream(fileName));
        }

        public ArrayContents(KaitaiStream _io) {
            this(_io, null, null);
        }

        public ArrayContents(KaitaiStream _io, PhpSerializedValue _parent) {
            this(_io, _parent, null);
        }

        public ArrayContents(KaitaiStream _io, PhpSerializedValue _parent, PhpSerializedValue _root) {
            super(_io);
            this._parent = _parent;
            this._root = _root;
            _read();
        }
        private void _read() {
            this.colon = this._io.readBytes(1);
            if (!(Arrays.equals(colon(), new byte[] { 58 }))) {
                throw new KaitaiStream.ValidationNotEqualError(new byte[] { 58 }, colon(), _io(), "/types/array_contents/seq/0");
            }
            this.elements = new CountPrefixedMapping(this._io, this, _root);
        }
        private byte[] colon;
        private CountPrefixedMapping elements;
        private PhpSerializedValue _root;
        private PhpSerializedValue _parent;
        public byte[] colon() { return colon; }

        /**
         * The array's elements. Keys must be of type `int` or `string`,
         * values may have any type.
         */
        public CountPrefixedMapping elements() { return elements; }
        public PhpSerializedValue _root() { return _root; }
        public PhpSerializedValue _parent() { return _parent; }
    }

    /**
     * The contents of an object value that implements a custom
     * serialized format using `Serializable`.
     */
    public static class CustomSerializedObjectContents extends KaitaiStruct {
        public static CustomSerializedObjectContents fromFile(String fileName) throws IOException {
            return new CustomSerializedObjectContents(new ByteBufferKaitaiStream(fileName));
        }

        public CustomSerializedObjectContents(KaitaiStream _io) {
            this(_io, null, null);
        }

        public CustomSerializedObjectContents(KaitaiStream _io, PhpSerializedValue _parent) {
            this(_io, _parent, null);
        }

        public CustomSerializedObjectContents(KaitaiStream _io, PhpSerializedValue _parent, PhpSerializedValue _root) {
            super(_io);
            this._parent = _parent;
            this._root = _root;
            _read();
        }
        private void _read() {
            this.colon1 = this._io.readBytes(1);
            if (!(Arrays.equals(colon1(), new byte[] { 58 }))) {
                throw new KaitaiStream.ValidationNotEqualError(new byte[] { 58 }, colon1(), _io(), "/types/custom_serialized_object_contents/seq/0");
            }
            this.className = new LengthPrefixedQuotedString(this._io, this, _root);
            this.colon2 = this._io.readBytes(1);
            if (!(Arrays.equals(colon2(), new byte[] { 58 }))) {
                throw new KaitaiStream.ValidationNotEqualError(new byte[] { 58 }, colon2(), _io(), "/types/custom_serialized_object_contents/seq/2");
            }
            this.lenDataDec = new String(this._io.readBytesTerm((byte) 58, false, true, true), Charset.forName("ASCII"));
            this.openingBrace = this._io.readBytes(1);
            if (!(Arrays.equals(openingBrace(), new byte[] { 123 }))) {
                throw new KaitaiStream.ValidationNotEqualError(new byte[] { 123 }, openingBrace(), _io(), "/types/custom_serialized_object_contents/seq/4");
            }
            this.data = this._io.readBytes(lenData());
            this.closingQuote = this._io.readBytes(1);
            if (!(Arrays.equals(closingQuote(), new byte[] { 125 }))) {
                throw new KaitaiStream.ValidationNotEqualError(new byte[] { 125 }, closingQuote(), _io(), "/types/custom_serialized_object_contents/seq/6");
            }
        }
        private Integer lenData;

        /**
         * The length of the serialized data in bytes, parsed as an integer.
         * The braces are not counted in this length number.
         */
        public Integer lenData() {
            if (this.lenData != null)
                return this.lenData;
            int _tmp = (int) (Long.parseLong(lenDataDec(), 10));
            this.lenData = _tmp;
            return this.lenData;
        }
        private byte[] colon1;
        private LengthPrefixedQuotedString className;
        private byte[] colon2;
        private String lenDataDec;
        private byte[] openingBrace;
        private byte[] data;
        private byte[] closingQuote;
        private PhpSerializedValue _root;
        private PhpSerializedValue _parent;
        public byte[] colon1() { return colon1; }

        /**
         * The name of the object's class.
         */
        public LengthPrefixedQuotedString className() { return className; }
        public byte[] colon2() { return colon2; }

        /**
         * The length of the serialized data in bytes, in ASCII decimal.
         * The braces are not counted in this size number.
         */
        public String lenDataDec() { return lenDataDec; }
        public byte[] openingBrace() { return openingBrace; }

        /**
         * The custom serialized data. The braces are not included.
         * 
         * Although the surrounding braces make it look like a regular
         * serialized object, this field is actually more similar to a string:
         * it can contain arbitrary data that is not required to follow
         * any common structure.
         */
        public byte[] data() { return data; }
        public byte[] closingQuote() { return closingQuote; }
        public PhpSerializedValue _root() { return _root; }
        public PhpSerializedValue _parent() { return _parent; }
    }

    /**
     * The contents of a null value (`value_type::null`). This structure
     * contains no actual data, since there is only a single `NULL` value.
     */
    public static class NullContents extends KaitaiStruct {
        public static NullContents fromFile(String fileName) throws IOException {
            return new NullContents(new ByteBufferKaitaiStream(fileName));
        }

        public NullContents(KaitaiStream _io) {
            this(_io, null, null);
        }

        public NullContents(KaitaiStream _io, PhpSerializedValue _parent) {
            this(_io, _parent, null);
        }

        public NullContents(KaitaiStream _io, PhpSerializedValue _parent, PhpSerializedValue _root) {
            super(_io);
            this._parent = _parent;
            this._root = _root;
            _read();
        }
        private void _read() {
            this.semicolon = this._io.readBytes(1);
            if (!(Arrays.equals(semicolon(), new byte[] { 59 }))) {
                throw new KaitaiStream.ValidationNotEqualError(new byte[] { 59 }, semicolon(), _io(), "/types/null_contents/seq/0");
            }
        }
        private byte[] semicolon;
        private PhpSerializedValue _root;
        private PhpSerializedValue _parent;
        public byte[] semicolon() { return semicolon; }
        public PhpSerializedValue _root() { return _root; }
        public PhpSerializedValue _parent() { return _parent; }
    }

    /**
     * The contents of a PHP 3 object value. Unlike its counterpart in PHP 4
     * and above, it does not contain a class name.
     */
    public static class Php3ObjectContents extends KaitaiStruct {
        public static Php3ObjectContents fromFile(String fileName) throws IOException {
            return new Php3ObjectContents(new ByteBufferKaitaiStream(fileName));
        }

        public Php3ObjectContents(KaitaiStream _io) {
            this(_io, null, null);
        }

        public Php3ObjectContents(KaitaiStream _io, PhpSerializedValue _parent) {
            this(_io, _parent, null);
        }

        public Php3ObjectContents(KaitaiStream _io, PhpSerializedValue _parent, PhpSerializedValue _root) {
            super(_io);
            this._parent = _parent;
            this._root = _root;
            _read();
        }
        private void _read() {
            this.colon = this._io.readBytes(1);
            if (!(Arrays.equals(colon(), new byte[] { 58 }))) {
                throw new KaitaiStream.ValidationNotEqualError(new byte[] { 58 }, colon(), _io(), "/types/php_3_object_contents/seq/0");
            }
            this.properties = new CountPrefixedMapping(this._io, this, _root);
        }
        private byte[] colon;
        private CountPrefixedMapping properties;
        private PhpSerializedValue _root;
        private PhpSerializedValue _parent;
        public byte[] colon() { return colon; }

        /**
         * The object's properties. Keys must be of type `string`,
         * values may have any type.
         */
        public CountPrefixedMapping properties() { return properties; }
        public PhpSerializedValue _root() { return _root; }
        public PhpSerializedValue _parent() { return _parent; }
    }

    /**
     * The contents of a boolean value (`value_type::bool`).
     */
    public static class BoolContents extends KaitaiStruct {
        public static BoolContents fromFile(String fileName) throws IOException {
            return new BoolContents(new ByteBufferKaitaiStream(fileName));
        }

        public BoolContents(KaitaiStream _io) {
            this(_io, null, null);
        }

        public BoolContents(KaitaiStream _io, PhpSerializedValue _parent) {
            this(_io, _parent, null);
        }

        public BoolContents(KaitaiStream _io, PhpSerializedValue _parent, PhpSerializedValue _root) {
            super(_io);
            this._parent = _parent;
            this._root = _root;
            _read();
        }
        private void _read() {
            this.colon = this._io.readBytes(1);
            if (!(Arrays.equals(colon(), new byte[] { 58 }))) {
                throw new KaitaiStream.ValidationNotEqualError(new byte[] { 58 }, colon(), _io(), "/types/bool_contents/seq/0");
            }
            this.valueDec = PhpSerializedValue.BoolValue.byId(this._io.readU1());
            this.semicolon = this._io.readBytes(1);
            if (!(Arrays.equals(semicolon(), new byte[] { 59 }))) {
                throw new KaitaiStream.ValidationNotEqualError(new byte[] { 59 }, semicolon(), _io(), "/types/bool_contents/seq/2");
            }
        }
        private Boolean value;

        /**
         * The value of the `bool`, parsed as a boolean.
         */
        public Boolean value() {
            if (this.value != null)
                return this.value;
            boolean _tmp = (boolean) (valueDec() == PhpSerializedValue.BoolValue.TRUE);
            this.value = _tmp;
            return this.value;
        }
        private byte[] colon;
        private BoolValue valueDec;
        private byte[] semicolon;
        private PhpSerializedValue _root;
        private PhpSerializedValue _parent;
        public byte[] colon() { return colon; }

        /**
         * The value of the `bool`: `0` for `false` or `1` for `true`.
         */
        public BoolValue valueDec() { return valueDec; }
        public byte[] semicolon() { return semicolon; }
        public PhpSerializedValue _root() { return _root; }
        public PhpSerializedValue _parent() { return _parent; }
    }

    /**
     * The contents of a string value.
     * 
     * Note: PHP strings can contain arbitrary byte sequences.
     * They are not necessarily valid text in any specific encoding.
     */
    public static class StringContents extends KaitaiStruct {
        public static StringContents fromFile(String fileName) throws IOException {
            return new StringContents(new ByteBufferKaitaiStream(fileName));
        }

        public StringContents(KaitaiStream _io) {
            this(_io, null, null);
        }

        public StringContents(KaitaiStream _io, PhpSerializedValue _parent) {
            this(_io, _parent, null);
        }

        public StringContents(KaitaiStream _io, PhpSerializedValue _parent, PhpSerializedValue _root) {
            super(_io);
            this._parent = _parent;
            this._root = _root;
            _read();
        }
        private void _read() {
            this.colon = this._io.readBytes(1);
            if (!(Arrays.equals(colon(), new byte[] { 58 }))) {
                throw new KaitaiStream.ValidationNotEqualError(new byte[] { 58 }, colon(), _io(), "/types/string_contents/seq/0");
            }
            this.string = new LengthPrefixedQuotedString(this._io, this, _root);
            this.semicolon = this._io.readBytes(1);
            if (!(Arrays.equals(semicolon(), new byte[] { 59 }))) {
                throw new KaitaiStream.ValidationNotEqualError(new byte[] { 59 }, semicolon(), _io(), "/types/string_contents/seq/2");
            }
        }
        private byte[] value;

        /**
         * The value of the string, as a byte array.
         */
        public byte[] value() {
            if (this.value != null)
                return this.value;
            this.value = string().data();
            return this.value;
        }
        private byte[] colon;
        private LengthPrefixedQuotedString string;
        private byte[] semicolon;
        private PhpSerializedValue _root;
        private PhpSerializedValue _parent;
        public byte[] colon() { return colon; }
        public LengthPrefixedQuotedString string() { return string; }
        public byte[] semicolon() { return semicolon; }
        public PhpSerializedValue _root() { return _root; }
        public PhpSerializedValue _parent() { return _parent; }
    }

    /**
     * The contents of an integer-like value:
     * either an actual integer (`value_type::int`) or a reference
     * (`value_type::variable_reference`, `value_type::object_reference`).
     */
    public static class IntContents extends KaitaiStruct {
        public static IntContents fromFile(String fileName) throws IOException {
            return new IntContents(new ByteBufferKaitaiStream(fileName));
        }

        public IntContents(KaitaiStream _io) {
            this(_io, null, null);
        }

        public IntContents(KaitaiStream _io, PhpSerializedValue _parent) {
            this(_io, _parent, null);
        }

        public IntContents(KaitaiStream _io, PhpSerializedValue _parent, PhpSerializedValue _root) {
            super(_io);
            this._parent = _parent;
            this._root = _root;
            _read();
        }
        private void _read() {
            this.colon = this._io.readBytes(1);
            if (!(Arrays.equals(colon(), new byte[] { 58 }))) {
                throw new KaitaiStream.ValidationNotEqualError(new byte[] { 58 }, colon(), _io(), "/types/int_contents/seq/0");
            }
            this.valueDec = new String(this._io.readBytesTerm((byte) 59, false, true, true), Charset.forName("ASCII"));
        }
        private Integer value;

        /**
         * The value of the `int`, parsed as an integer.
         */
        public Integer value() {
            if (this.value != null)
                return this.value;
            int _tmp = (int) (Long.parseLong(valueDec(), 10));
            this.value = _tmp;
            return this.value;
        }
        private byte[] colon;
        private String valueDec;
        private PhpSerializedValue _root;
        private PhpSerializedValue _parent;
        public byte[] colon() { return colon; }

        /**
         * The value of the `int`, in ASCII decimal.
         */
        public String valueDec() { return valueDec; }
        public PhpSerializedValue _root() { return _root; }
        public PhpSerializedValue _parent() { return _parent; }
    }

    /**
     * A mapping entry consisting of a key and a value.
     */
    public static class MappingEntry extends KaitaiStruct {
        public static MappingEntry fromFile(String fileName) throws IOException {
            return new MappingEntry(new ByteBufferKaitaiStream(fileName));
        }

        public MappingEntry(KaitaiStream _io) {
            this(_io, null, null);
        }

        public MappingEntry(KaitaiStream _io, PhpSerializedValue.CountPrefixedMapping _parent) {
            this(_io, _parent, null);
        }

        public MappingEntry(KaitaiStream _io, PhpSerializedValue.CountPrefixedMapping _parent, PhpSerializedValue _root) {
            super(_io);
            this._parent = _parent;
            this._root = _root;
            _read();
        }
        private void _read() {
            this.key = new PhpSerializedValue(this._io);
            this.value = new PhpSerializedValue(this._io);
        }
        private PhpSerializedValue key;
        private PhpSerializedValue value;
        private PhpSerializedValue _root;
        private PhpSerializedValue.CountPrefixedMapping _parent;

        /**
         * The key of the entry.
         */
        public PhpSerializedValue key() { return key; }

        /**
         * The value of the entry.
         */
        public PhpSerializedValue value() { return value; }
        public PhpSerializedValue _root() { return _root; }
        public PhpSerializedValue.CountPrefixedMapping _parent() { return _parent; }
    }
    private ValueType type;
    private KaitaiStruct contents;
    private PhpSerializedValue _root;
    private KaitaiStruct _parent;

    /**
     * A single-character code indicating the type of the serialized value.
     */
    public ValueType type() { return type; }

    /**
     * The contents of the serialized value, which vary depending on the type.
     */
    public KaitaiStruct contents() { return contents; }
    public PhpSerializedValue _root() { return _root; }
    public KaitaiStruct _parent() { return _parent; }
}