entire php array save as string

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Is there a way to make the whole array content and make it a string so that i can save it. the string i want to save is same with the output of print_r( $Array ) function.

Array ( 
    [0982385099] => Array ( 
         [Title] => The Key of Life; A Metaphysical Investigation
         [ISBN] => 0982385099 
         [Author] => Randolph J. Rogers 
         [SalesRank] => 522631 ...

I'dd like to have that kind of string saved on a different file( a txt or php file) which will be made by the program that I'm doing.

zerkms · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-07 07:01:53Z

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$str = var_export($array, true);

answered Feb 7, 2011 at 7:01

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codaddict · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-07 07:02:00Z

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Passing true as second parameter to the function print_r will allow you to capture the output of print_r.

$str = print_r($arr, true);

answered Feb 7, 2011 at 7:02

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Alfred · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-07 07:05:39Z

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I would use json_encode. That is because every browser can parse it.

code:

<?php

$ar = array(
    "1" => "Hello world!",
    "2" => 2
);

echo json_encode($ar);

output:

{"1":"Hello world!","2":2}

answered Feb 7, 2011 at 7:05

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sertsedat · Accepted Answer · 2019-05-13 12:29:05Z

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Well you can use serialise() function to convert an array into string.

e.g. we have an array $arr
$arr = Array(
    "0" => "Dipendra",
    "1" => "Kshitiz",
    "2" => "Kushal",
    "3" => "Nirmal",
    "4" => "Prabin",
    "5" => "Prakash",
    "6" => "Sujit"
);

echo serialise($arr);

Now if we use serialise() function for this array we can view  the following output

a:7:{i:0;s:8:"Dipendra";i:1;s:7:"Kshitiz";i:2;s:6:"Kushal";i:3;s:6:"Nirmal";i:4;s:6:"Prabin";i:5;s:7:"Prakash";i:6;s:5:"Sujit";}

Thus we can use the array as a string.

edited May 13, 2019 at 12:29

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answered Feb 7, 2011 at 9:37

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kushalbhaktajoshi Over a year ago

The same way you can implement serialize() function for multidimensional array

Alpha · Accepted Answer · 2019-08-02 01:00:33Z

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Your Database Table Structure Collation (php_my_admin) should also be defined accordingly as the default Latin latin1_swedish_ci didn't work for me. I used utf8_bin

answered Aug 2, 2019 at 1:00

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