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var_export

(PHP 4 >= 4.2.0, PHP 5)

var_export — Outputs or returns a parsable string representation of a variable

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var_export

(PHP 4 >= 4.2.0, PHP 5)

var_export — Outputs or returns a parsable string representation of a variable

mixed var_export(mixed $expression[, bool $return = false])

$expression:
$return:

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${{ variable.param.name }} = {{ variable.param|getValue:variable.form:true }};
{{ call.result}} = ;

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mixed var_export ( mixed $expression [, bool $return = false ] )

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expression: The variable you want to export.
return: If used and set to TRUE, var_export() will return the variable representation instead of outputting it.

Return Values #

Returns the variable representation when the return parameter is used and evaluates to TRUE. Otherwise, this function will return NULL.

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Example #1 var_export() Examples


<?php
$a = array (1, 2, array ("a", "b", "c"));
var_export($a);
?>

The above example will output:

array (
  0 => 1,
  1 => 2,
  2 => 
  array (
    0 => 'a',
    1 => 'b',
    2 => 'c',
  ),
)


<?php

$b = 3.1;
$v = var_export($b, true);
echo $v;

?>

The above example will output:

3.1

Changelog #

Version	Description
5.1.0	Possibility to export classes and arrays containing classes using the __set_state() magic method.

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Note:
When the return parameter is used, this function uses internal output buffering so it cannot be used inside an ob_start() callback function.

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