Re: var_export() array format

On 18 February 2018 at 02:04, David Rodrigues <david.proweb@gmail.com> wrote: > I just think that is not responsability of PHP to care about output format > at core level (although we have the json pretty output support...). Why not? E.g. JSON_PRETTY_PRINT is something I use a lot, often in situations where I don't or cannot use a 3rd party package. E.g. - if I abuse 3v4l.org as a php console - in a one-off single-file cli script - in a debugging session, or any temporary code. - if my involvement with the project is not deep enough to justify adding a dependency > > Maybe you can found some solution with packages. See the last section of my initial message: >> >> Why not a userland implementation? >> E.g. https://packagist.org/packages/riimu/kit-phpencoder >> >> var_export() is often used in experimental code or when just playing >> around, situations where developers usually prefer to avoid adding a >> 3rd party dependency. >> Also there is no way to add a 3rd party dependency on e.g. 3v4l.org. >> And a custom one-off implementation is not what developers should >> spend their time on (although I did it a few times already). If we already have a native function that generates PHP code, then we should expect it to produce usable output..