Returns a string representation of a variable.

Parameters

mixed $input: The variable to export.

string $name: (optional) The label to output before variable, defaults to NULL.

Return value

string String representation of a variable.

Overrides DevelDumperInterface::export

File

src/Plugin/Devel/Dumper/VarDumper.php, line 24

Class

VarDumper

Provides a Symfony VarDumper dumper plugin.

Namespace

Drupal\devel\Plugin\Devel\Dumper

Code

public function export($input, $name = NULL) {
  $cloner = new VarCloner();
  $dumper = 'cli' === PHP_SAPI ? new CliDumper() : new HtmlDumper();
  $output = fopen('php://memory', 'r+b');
  $dumper->dump($cloner->cloneVar($input), $output);
  $output = stream_get_contents($output, -1, 0);
  if ($name) {
    $output = $name . ' => ' . $output;
  }
  return $this->setSafeMarkup($output);
}