function ctools_var_export

Export a field.

This is a replacement for var_export(), allowing us to more nicely format exports. It will recurse down into arrays and will try to properly export bools when it can, though PHP has a hard time with this since they often end up as strings or ints.

File

includes/export.inc, line 871

Code

function ctools_var_export($var, $prefix = '') {
    if (is_array($var)) {
        if (empty($var)) {
            $output = 'array()';
        }
        else {
            $output = "array(\n";
            ksort($var);
            foreach ($var as $key => $value) {
                $output .= $prefix . "  " . ctools_var_export($key) . " => " . ctools_var_export($value, $prefix . '  ') . ",\n";
            }
            $output .= $prefix . ')';
        }
    }
    elseif (is_object($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) ' . ctools_var_export((array) $var, $prefix);
    }
    elseif (is_bool($var)) {
        $output = $var ? 'TRUE' : 'FALSE';
    }
    else {
        $output = var_export($var, TRUE);
    }
    return $output;
}