Yaml

class Yaml

Yaml offers convenience methods to load and dump YAML.

Constants

DUMP_OBJECT
PARSE_EXCEPTION_ON_INVALID_TYPE
PARSE_OBJECT
PARSE_OBJECT_FOR_MAP
DUMP_EXCEPTION_ON_INVALID_TYPE
PARSE_DATETIME
DUMP_OBJECT_AS_MAP
DUMP_MULTI_LINE_LITERAL_BLOCK

Methods

static mixed parse(string $input, int $flags)

Parses YAML into a PHP value.

static string dump(mixed $input, int $inline = 2, int $indent = 4, int $flags)

Dumps a PHP value to a YAML string.

Details

static mixed parse(string $input, int $flags)

Parses YAML into a PHP value.

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

Parameters

string $input A string containing YAML
int $flags A bit field of PARSE_* constants to customize the YAML parser behavior

Return Value

mixed The YAML converted to a PHP value

Exceptions

ParseException If the YAML is not valid

static string dump(mixed $input, int $inline = 2, int $indent = 4, int $flags)

Dumps a PHP value to a YAML string.

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

Parameters

mixed $input The PHP value
int $inline The level where you switch to inline YAML
int $indent The amount of spaces to use for indentation of nested nodes
int $flags A bit field of DUMP_* constants to customize the dumped YAML string

Return Value

string A YAML string representing the original PHP value

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Licensed under the MIT License.
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