RE: [PHP-DEV] Bug #12381: Data Structure Dumper Feature Needed

Wonderful! I couldn't find it before because I was looking under the terminology (export, dump, etc.). This will make my life a lot easier! I've been looking at WDDX too, although not all the servers I work in have that module. --On Wednesday, July 25, 2001 5:38 PM -0700 Brian Tanner <btanner@home.com> wrote: : Actually its a great enough idea that its already there ;) : : http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.serialize.php : Internal Format : : XML Variant if you want to communicate between apps : http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.wddx.php : :: ) : : I think thats what you are looking for : : Brian Tanner : Project Manager : Zaam Internet Solutions : Toll Free: 1-866-225-2675 : info@zaam.com : http://www.zaam.com : : : -----Original Message----- : From: cdaveb@csua.berkeley.edu [mailto:cdaveb@csua.berkeley.edu] : Sent: July 25, 2001 3:31 PM : To: php-dev@lists.php.net : Subject: [PHP-DEV] Bug #12381: Data Structure Dumper Feature Needed : :

: From:             cdaveb@csua.berkeley.edu

: Operating system: Linux

: PHP version:      4.0.6
: PHP Bug Type:     Feature/Change Request

: Bug description: Data Structure Dumper Feature Needed : : I'd like to suggest that a built in function for dumping PHP data : structures (arrays, variables, etc.) into a string which could then be : exported to a file be created. This would work something like the Perl : Data::Dumper module. This would be extremely useful for creation of : persistent datastructures, especially helpful for programs which include : web interfaces to edit settings which are used by another portion of the : program. : : I find myself writing simple code to do this a lot, but it is something : that gets pretty messy whenever I'm trying to recreate multidimensional : arrays and such so that they can later be required into a PHP page. I'm : sure that a function of this type would be useful to a lot of PHP users : and I hope you'll consider adding it. : : I've looked at a lot of the code repository sites by the way, and I : haven't found anything that seems to resemble what I'm looking for already : available, but I think it's the type of thing that should really be a part : of the base PHP. : : -- : Edit bug report at: http://bugs.php.net/?id=12381&edit=1 : : : -- : PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> : To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-dev-unsubscribe@lists.php.net : For additional commands, e-mail: php-dev-help@lists.php.net : To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net : -Cari D. Burstein cdaveb@anybrowser.org

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