function drupal_var_export

Drupal-friendly var_export().

Parameters

$var: The variable to export.

$prefix: A prefix that will be added at the beginning of every lines of the output.

Return value

The variable exported in a way compatible to Drupal's coding standards.

File

includes/utility.inc, line 19

Code

function drupal_var_export($var, $prefix = '') {
    if (is_array($var)) {
        if (empty($var)) {
            $output = 'array()';
        }
        else {
            $output = "array(\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 ? drupal_var_export($key) . ' => ' : '') . drupal_var_export($value, '  ', FALSE) . ",\n";
            }
            $output .= ')';
        }
    }
    elseif (is_bool($var)) {
        $output = $var ? 'TRUE' : 'FALSE';
    }
    elseif (is_string($var)) {
        $line_safe_var = str_replace("\n", '\\n', $var);
        if (strpos($var, "\n") !== FALSE || strpos($var, "'") !== FALSE) {
            // If the string contains a line break or a single quote, use the
            // double quote export mode. Encode backslash and double quotes and
            // transform some common control characters.
            $var = str_replace(array(
                '\\',
                '"',
                "\n",
                "\r",
                "\t",
            ), array(
                '\\\\',
                '\\"',
                '\\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) ' . drupal_var_export((array) $var, $prefix);
    }
    else {
        $output = var_export($var, TRUE);
    }
    if ($prefix) {
        $output = str_replace("\n", "\n{$prefix}", $output);
    }
    return $output;
}