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

A simple way to create a array to a PHP string array is:

<?PHP
    $array = array("firstname"=>"John", "lastname"=>"doe");
    $json = json_encode($array);
    $phpStringArray = str_replace(array("{", "}", ":"), 
                                  array("array(", "}", "=>"), $json);
    echo phpStringArray;
?>