var_export

Definition and usage

var_export() function outputs or returns structured information about the variable.

The function works similarly to var_dump() , except that the return value of the function is valid PHP code.

Example

Output structured information about variables:

 <?php
$a = 32 ;
echo var_export ( $a ) . "<br>" ;

$b = "Hello world!" ;
echo var_export ( $b ) . "<br>" ;

$c = 32.5 ;
echo var_export ( $c ) . "<br>" ;

$d = array ( "red" , "green" , "blue" ) ;
echo var_export ( $d ) . "<br>" ;

$e = array ( 32 , "Hello world!" , 32.5 , array ( "red" , "green" , "blue" ) ) ;
echo var_export ( $e ) . "<br>" ;
?>

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grammar

 var_export ( variable , return ) ;