Re: Bug #12381 Updated: Data Structure Dumper Feature Needed

Sorry about that, I didn't realize at the time the serialize and unserialize existed. It might not be a bad idea to add a few more useful keywords to that documentation page in case other people like me have trouble finding it. I would have never thought to look under those names for the feature. I was looking for terms like export or dump. Thanks for the note about the functions, this is invaluable! --On Thursday, July 26, 2001 6:29 PM +0000 Bug Database <php-dev@lists.php.net> wrote: : ID: 12381 : Updated by: andy : Reported By: cdaveb@csua.berkeley.edu : Old Status: Feedback : Status: Bogus : Bug Type: Feature/Change Request : Operating System: Linux : PHP Version: 4.0.6 : New Comment: : : i meant to make this bogus... : : Previous Comments: : ------------------------------------------------------------------------ : : [2001-07-26 14:27:11] andy@php.net : : have you tried something like the serialize and unserialize : functions? : : http://php.net/manual/en/function.serialize.php : http://php.net/manual/en/function.unserialize.php : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------ : : [2001-07-25 18:30:49] cdaveb@csua.berkeley.edu : : 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. : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------ : : : : ATTENTION! Do NOT reply to this email! : To reply, use the web interface found at : http://bugs.php.net/?id=12381&edit=2 -Cari D. Burstein cdaveb@anybrowser.org

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