Parsing serialized PHP arrays in "C"

I have a feeling this may be the wrong group to ask this question, but I thought that if it is, someone can point me in the right direction. I'm working on a application written in "C" that needs to parse and understand php arrays that have been serialized and stored in a MySQL table. I started writing the parser and realized its not a trivial task. I'm wondering if there is any source code in C to do what I'm looking for? I googled many different combinations of keywords and nothing useful came up. I even looked at the code in ext/standard/var_unserializer.c, and I don't think what will port to a stand alone application without extensive modifications. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Kevin