Yaml

static array parse(string $input, bool $exceptionOnInvalidType = false, bool $objectSupport = false, bool $objectForMap = false)

Parses YAML into a PHP array.

The parse method, when supplied with a YAML stream (string or file), will do its best to convert YAML in a file into a PHP array.

Usage: $array = Yaml::parse(filegetcontents('config.yml')); print_r($array);

Parameters

string	$input	A string containing YAML
bool	$exceptionOnInvalidType	True if an exception must be thrown on invalid types false otherwise
bool	$objectSupport	True if object support is enabled, false otherwise
bool	$objectForMap	True if maps should return a stdClass instead of array()

Return Value

array

The YAML converted to a PHP array

Exceptions

ParseException

If the YAML is not valid

static string dump(array $array, int $inline = 2, int $indent = 4, bool $exceptionOnInvalidType = false, bool $objectSupport = false)

Dumps a PHP array to a YAML string.

The dump method, when supplied with an array, will do its best to convert the array into friendly YAML.

Parameters

array	$array	PHP array
int	$inline	The level where you switch to inline YAML
int	$indent	The amount of spaces to use for indentation of nested nodes.
bool	$exceptionOnInvalidType	true if an exception must be thrown on invalid types (a PHP resource or object), false otherwise
bool	$objectSupport	true if object support is enabled, false otherwise

Return Value

string

A YAML string representing the original PHP array