- var_export: documentation ( source)
<?php
$array = [
1 => 'world',
2 => 'is',
3 => 'a',
4 => 'wonderfull',
6 => 'in',
8 => 'our'
];
$prev = -1;
$i = 0;
foreach ($array as $key => $val) {
if (++$prev && $key - $prev) {
++$i;
}
$result[$i][] = $val;
$prev = $key;
}
var_export($result);