Output an array as PHP eval-able code

Question

Basically I want some function like array_as_php which is essentially the inverse of eval:

$array = array( '1' => 'b', '2' => 'c' );
echo array_as_php($array);

will print the following eval-able string:

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

Did you mean array ('1' => 'b', '2' => 'c' ); instead of array( '1': 'b', '2': 'c' );? — jhartz
– jhartz, Commented Feb 5, 2011 at 3:37

zerkms · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-05 03:38:16Z

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var_export() is what you are looking for.

$array = array ('1' => 'b', '2' => 'c' );
echo var_export($array, true);

answered Feb 5, 2011 at 3:38

zerkms

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