What is the meaning of "PHP: unserialize() requires the first parameter to be a string"?

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This error message occurs when trying to use the unserialize() function in PHP with a non-string parameter as its first argument. The function is specifically designed to take a serialized string and convert it back into a PHP data structure. If the first parameter is not of type string, then the function cannot perform the desired operation and will fail with this error message.