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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

Description

mixed var_export ( mixed expression [, bool return] )

var_export() gets structured information about the given variable. It is similar to var_dump() with one exception: the returned representation is valid PHP code.

Parameters

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

Return Values

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

Examples

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;

										
?>