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Alternatives to var_export

Answer 1

+2 A:

Are you looking for var_dump or even debug_backtrace

Update:

Converting object to string

Sarfraz 2010-04-21 12:37:57

I want to convert object to string. var_dump outputs it, I don't need this

darja 2010-04-21 12:40:54

@darja: The only other way i know of is serializing it (although you say except it). See my updated answer as well.

Sarfraz 2010-04-21 12:46:00

@Sarfraz Thanks for link. It sounds that I have two variants - serialize (which I don't want) and json_encode.

darja 2010-04-21 13:50:19

@darja: yes it seems to be so. Thanks...

Sarfraz 2010-04-21 13:52:51

Answer 2

A:

You could try this :

ob_start();
var_dump($var);
$dump = ob_get_contents();
ob_end_clean();

And why can't you use serialize ?

DuoSRX 2010-04-21 12:57:39

I need such converting for logs. And serialize output is too ugly for logs.

darja 2010-04-21 13:16:59

Alternatives to var_export