Mulit-byte Unserialize

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/**
 * Mulit-byte Unserialize
 *
 * Recalculates the length of a multibyte strings and unserializes.
 * Source: http://dzone.com/snippets/mulit-byte-unserialize
 *
 * @param string
 * @return string
 */
function mb_unserialize($string) {
    $string = preg_replace('!s:(\d+):"(.*?)";!se', "'s:'.strlen('$2').':\"$2\";'", $string);
    return unserialize($string);
}