How to create an array from output of var_dump in PHP?

Question

How can I parse the output of var_dump in PHP to create an array?

Answer 1

I had a similar problem : a long runing script produced at the end a vardump of large array. I had to parse it back somehow for further analyzis. My solution was like this:

cat log.stats  | 
  sed 's/\[//g' | 
  sed 's/\]//g' | 
  sed -r 's/int\(([0-9]+)\)/\1,/g' | 
  sed 's/\}/\),/g' | 
  sed -r 's/array\([0-9]+\) \{/array(/g' > 
  log.stats.php