- var_dump: documentation ( source)
- var_export: documentation ( source)
<?php
namespace A {
class Foo {
public $prop = 'value';
public static function __set_state($array) {
echo '__set_state:', var_dump($array);
$obj = new self;
$obj->prop = $array['prop'];
return $obj;
}
}
function export($what) {
$buffer = var_export($what, 1);
echo 'export: ', $buffer, "\n";
return $buffer;
}
function import($that) {
echo 'import [eval]: ', var_dump(eval("return $that;"));
}
}
namespace B {
function import($that) {
echo 'import [eval]: ', var_dump(eval("return $that;"));
}
}
namespace {
$a = new A\Foo();
$test = var_export($a, true);
echo 'import [eval]: ', var_dump(eval("return $that;"));
A\import($test);
B\import($test);
}