Re: making var_dump and var_export even better
| From: | Edward Z. Yang | Date: | Sun, 30 Mar 2008 20:06:22 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: making var_dump and var_export even better | ||
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Stanislav Malyshev wrote:
>> Also, about circular references. Isn't it possible to reuse the
>> circular recognition from print_r and actually write out a reference
>> to the offending piece?
>
> For var_export it isn't possible since there's no way to refer to the
> value being exported.
I know this is a little hackish, but what if we inserted a NULL in that
location, and then appended a few PHP statements that created the
references?
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