This is a simple PHP library for turning values into readable strings. Its main purpose is to make strings and byte data printable by escaping non-printable characters instead of returning raw control bytes. This means, binary data is supported.
The library currently provides helpers for:
- booleans
- bytes
- strings
- arrays
- generic
mixedvalues
composer require gregorj/to-string<?php
use GregorJ\ToString\ToString;
echo ToString::fromAny(true);
// true
echo ToString::fromAny("hello\nworld");
// hello\nworld
echo ToString::fromAny(['name' => 'Hello', 'value' => 2.7, 'nothing' => null]);
// [name: "Hello", value: 2.7, nothing: null]
echo ToString::fromAny(new stdClass());
// stdClass- Array output is currently designed for human readability, not for parsing back into PHP.
- Recursive/self-referencing arrays are currently not supported.