Req #71057 [Opn->Nab]: var_export uses long array syntax, is not PSR-2 compliant

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=71057&edit=1 ID: 71057 Updated by: krakjoe@php.net Reported by: marcus at synchromedia dot co dot uk Summary: var_export uses long array syntax, is not PSR-2 compliant -Status: Open +Status: Not a bug Type: Feature/Change Request Package: Arrays related PHP Version: 5.6.16 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: The justification for short array syntax - that it is short - doesn't matter for generated code. What matters is that the output is predictable across PHP versions, for that reason it doesn't make sense to change the format of the output in order to comply with a PSR that doesn't apply to internals, and was never meant too. Definitely, not a bug ... Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2015-12-08 11:20:00] marcus at synchromedia dot co dot uk Description: ------------ Calling var_export with an array parameter generates PHP code that uses old-style long array syntax instead of PHP 5.4-style short array syntax. There are also some spacing issues that mean that the generated code is not PSR-2 compliant (space after 'array' and 2-space indenting), and I don't see any good reason for that not to be the case. It appears that this behaviour occurs in all versions since PHP 5.4, including 7. Test script: --------------- var_export(['a' => 0]); Expected result: ---------------- [ 'a' => 0, ] Actual result: -------------- array ( 'a' => 0, ) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=71057&edit=1