PHP Array to String equivalent

Question

I\'m wondering if anyone has a recursive solution to converting an array to a string.

Here\'s what I mean:

An array $args that has the following

Answer 1

Looks like you are after

• var_export — Outputs or returns a parsable string representation of a variable

That won't give you $hello though, because $hello cannot be in an array. It's always just the value of the variable, not the variable name. If you want '$hello', put it into single quotes when inserting it to the array, e.g. insert it as a string, not as a variable.