将关联数组编码为有效的php

Question

Is there a way to encode variables as strings that can be evaluated as php code? In particular, I'm interested in associative arrays. (Scalar values and indexed arrays are encoded as valid php code by json_encode. I don't need to encode objects and resources).

$Array = ['1', 2, 'key' => 'value'];
php_encode($Array); // => "[0 => '1', 1 => 2, 'key' => 'value']" or similar

Answer 1

You can use var_export with the second parameter set to true:

function php_encode($val)
{
    return var_export($val, true);
}

http://php.net/manual/en/function.var-export.php