How can a serialized array be converted back to its original form in PHP?

When a serialized array needs to be converted back to its original form in PHP, you can use the unserialize() function. This function takes a serialized string as input and returns the original array. Simply pass the serialized array string to unserialize() to get back the original array.

$serializedArray = 'a:3:{i:0;s:5:"apple";i:1;s:6:"banana";i:2;s:5:"cherry";}';
$originalArray = unserialize($serializedArray);

print_r($originalArray);