Question

How to get parsable string representation of a variable in PHP

Answer 1

$arr = array(100, 3.14, "76", "102.6", 1000000000, null, true, false);
foreach ($arr as $value) 
{
    echo "<pre>" ;
    var_export($value);
    echo "</pre>";
}


/*
run: 

100
3.1400000000000001
'76'
'102.6'
1000000000
NULL
true
false

*/

 

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Answer 2

$arr = array(100, 3.14, "76", "102.6", 1000000000, null, true, false);
var_export($arr);


/*
run: 

array ( 0 => 100, 1 => 3.1400000000000001, 2 => '76', 3 => '102.6', 
        4 => 1000000000, 5 => NULL, 6 => true, 7 => false, ) 

*/

 

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Answer 3

$arr =array (100, 32, array ("a", "b", "c"));

echo "<pre>";
var_export($arr);
echo "</pre>";


/*
run: 

array (
  0 => 100,
  1 => 32,
  2 => 
  array (
    0 => 'a',
    1 => 'b',
    2 => 'c',
  ),
)

*/

 

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