Convert the first element of an array to a string in PHP

Question

I have a PHP array and want to convert it to a string.

I know I can use join or implode, but in my case array has only one item. Why do I

Answer 1

You could use print_r and html interpret it to convert it into a string with newlines like this:

$arraystring = print_r($your_array, true); 

$arraystring = '
'.print_r($your_array, true).'
';

Or you could mix many arrays and vars if you do this

ob_start();
print_r($var1);
print_r($arr1);
echo "blah blah";
print_r($var2);
print_r($var1);
$your_string_var = ob_get_clean();