note 51078 added to function.var-export

Function that exports variables without adding any junk to the resulting string: <?php function encode($var){ if (is_array($var)) { $code = 'array('; foreach ($var as $key => $value) { $code .= "'$key'=>".encode($value).','; } $code = chop($code, ','); //remove unnecessary coma $code .= ')'; return $code; } else { if (is_string($var)) { return "'".$var."'"; } elseif (is_bool($code)) { return ($code ? 'TRUE' : 'FALSE'); } else { return 'NULL'; } } } function decode($string){ return eval('return '.$string.';'); } ?> The resulting string can sometimes be smaller, that output of serialize(). May be useful for storing things in the database. ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.var-export.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+51078 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+51078&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+51078&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+51078&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+51078&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+51078&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+51078&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php