php-array-dumper

Dump an array into XML, JSON, YAML, etc…

Installation

$ composer require jfcherng/php-array-dumper

Example

See demo.php.

<?php
include __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';
use Jfcherng\ArrayDumper\DumperFactory;
$array = [
    0 => 'zero',
    '*' => 'bar',
    'deep' => [
        'list' => ['zero', 'one', '二'],
        'map' => ['zero' => 0, 'one' => 1, '二' => 2],
    ],
];
// 'json', 'xml', 'yaml', 'php'
$dumperName = 'yaml';
// initiate a dumper and optionally set its options
$dumper = DumperFactory::make($dumperName, [
    'indent' => 2,
]);
// dump into a string
$string = $dumper->dump($array);
/*
string(83) "0: zero
'*': bar
deep:
  list: [zero, one, 二]
  map: { zero: 0, one: 1, 二: 2 }
"
*/
var_dump($string);
// dump as an external file
$outputFile = __DIR__ . '/results/test.' . $dumper::EXTENSION;
$success = $dumper->toFile($array, $outputFile);