class Variable
Provides helpers for dealing with variables.
Hierarchy
- class \Drupal\Component\Utility\Variable
Expanded class hierarchy of Variable
Related topics
10 files declare their use of Variable
- Datelist.php in core/lib/ Drupal/ Core/ Datetime/ Element/ Datelist.php 
- DatelistElementFormTest.php in core/tests/ Drupal/ KernelTests/ Core/ Datetime/ DatelistElementFormTest.php 
- Datetime.php in core/lib/ Drupal/ Core/ Datetime/ Element/ Datetime.php 
- DatetimeElementFormTest.php in core/tests/ Drupal/ KernelTests/ Core/ Datetime/ DatetimeElementFormTest.php 
- DbDumpCommand.php in core/lib/ Drupal/ Core/ Command/ DbDumpCommand.php 
53 string references to 'Variable'
- action_settings.yml in core/modules/ system/ migrations/ action_settings.yml 
- core/modules/system/migrations/action_settings.yml
- d6_dblog_settings.yml in core/modules/ dblog/ migrations/ d6_dblog_settings.yml 
- core/modules/dblog/migrations/d6_dblog_settings.yml
- d6_language_negotiation_settings.yml in core/modules/ language/ migrations/ d6_language_negotiation_settings.yml 
- core/modules/language/migrations/d6_language_negotiation_settings.yml
- d6_language_types.yml in core/modules/ language/ migrations/ d6_language_types.yml 
- core/modules/language/migrations/d6_language_types.yml
- d6_node_settings.yml in core/modules/ node/ migrations/ d6_node_settings.yml 
- core/modules/node/migrations/d6_node_settings.yml
File
- 
              core/lib/ Drupal/ Component/ Utility/ Variable.php, line 10 
Namespace
Drupal\Component\UtilityView source
class Variable {
  
  /**
   * Generates a human-readable name for a callable.
   *
   * @param callable $callable
   *   A callable.
   *
   * @return string
   *   A human-readable name for the callable.
   */
  public static function callableToString($callable) : string {
    if ($callable instanceof \Closure) {
      return '[closure]';
    }
    elseif (is_array($callable) && $callable) {
      if (is_object($callable[0])) {
        $callable[0] = get_class($callable[0]);
      }
      return implode('::', $callable);
    }
    elseif (is_string($callable)) {
      return $callable;
    }
    else {
      return '[unknown]';
    }
  }
  
  /**
   * Drupal-friendly var_export().
   *
   * @param mixed $var
   *   The variable to export.
   * @param string $prefix
   *   A prefix that will be added at the beginning of every lines of the
   *   output.
   *
   * @return string
   *   The variable exported in a way compatible to Drupal's coding standards.
   */
  public static function export($var, $prefix = '') {
    if (is_array($var)) {
      if (empty($var)) {
        $output = '[]';
      }
      else {
        $output = "[\n";
        // Don't export keys if the array is non associative.
        $export_keys = array_values($var) != $var;
        foreach ($var as $key => $value) {
          $output .= '  ' . ($export_keys ? static::export($key) . ' => ' : '') . static::export($value, '  ') . ",\n";
        }
        $output .= ']';
      }
    }
    elseif (is_bool($var)) {
      $output = $var ? 'TRUE' : 'FALSE';
    }
    elseif (is_string($var)) {
      if (str_contains($var, "\n") || str_contains($var, "'")) {
        // If the string contains a line break or a single quote, use the
        // double quote export mode. Encode backslash, dollar symbols, and
        // double quotes and transform some common control characters.
        $var = str_replace([
          '\\',
          '$',
          '"',
          "\n",
          "\r",
          "\t",
        ], [
          '\\\\',
          '\\$',
          '\\"',
          '\\n',
          '\\r',
          '\\t',
        ], $var);
        $output = '"' . $var . '"';
      }
      else {
        $output = "'" . $var . "'";
      }
    }
    elseif (is_object($var) && get_class($var) === 'stdClass') {
      // var_export() will export stdClass objects using an undefined
      // magic method __set_state() leaving the export broken. This
      // workaround avoids this by casting the object as an array for
      // export and casting it back to an object when evaluated.
      $output = '(object) ' . static::export((array) $var, $prefix);
    }
    else {
      // @todo var_export() does not use long array syntax. Fix in
      // https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal/issues/3476894
      $output = var_export($var, TRUE);
    }
    if ($prefix) {
      $output = str_replace("\n", "\n{$prefix}", $output);
    }
    return $output;
  }
}Members
| Title Sort descending | Modifiers | Object type | Summary | 
|---|---|---|---|
| Variable::callableToString | public static | function | Generates a human-readable name for a callable. | 
| Variable::export | public static | function | Drupal-friendly var_export(). | 
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