PHP var_export() Function

PHP var_export() Function

The var_export() function in PHP is used to get the structured information for the specified variable. This function outputs or returns a parsable string representation of a variable.

This function is similar to var_dump() function except that here the returned representation is valid PHP code.

Syntax

var_export ( mixed $expression [, bool $return ] )

Parameter

expression(required)- This parameter represents the expression to be printed.

return(optional)-This parameter is of boolean type whose default value is FALSE. If this parameter is set to TRUE, then the var_export() function will return the variable representation instead of outputting it.

Return

This function returns the variable representation if the “return” parameter is used and set to true otherwise, this function returns NULL.

Example 1

Output

After using echo() function...
Hello PHP
After using var_dump() function...
string(9) "Hello PHP"
After using var_export() function...
'Hello PHP' 

Example 2

Output

false
false
false 

Example 3

Output

'111.89'
'111.89'