(PECL yaml >= 0.4.0)
yaml_parse — Parse a YAML stream
Convert all or part of a YAML document stream to a PHP variable.
inputThe string to parse as a YAML document stream.
posDocument to extract from stream (-1 for all documents, 0 for first document, ...).
ndocs
If ndocs is provided, then it is filled with the
number of documents found in stream.
callbacksContent handlers for YAML nodes. Associative array of YAML tag => callable mappings. See parse callbacks for more details.
Returns the value encoded in input in appropriate
PHP type or FALSE on failure. If pos is -1 an
array will be returned with one entry for each document found
in the stream.
Example #1 yaml_parse() example
<?php
$yaml = <<<EOD
---
invoice: 34843
date: "2001-01-23"
bill-to: &id001
given: Chris
family: Dumars
address:
lines: |-
458 Walkman Dr.
Suite #292
city: Royal Oak
state: MI
postal: 48046
ship-to: *id001
product:
- sku: BL394D
quantity: 4
description: Basketball
price: 450
- sku: BL4438H
quantity: 1
description: Super Hoop
price: 2392
tax: 251.420000
total: 4443.520000
comments: Late afternoon is best. Backup contact is Nancy Billsmer @ 338-4338.
...
EOD;
$parsed = yaml_parse($yaml);
var_dump($parsed);
?>
The above example will output something similar to:
array(8) {
["invoice"]=>
int(34843)
["date"]=>
string(10) "2001-01-23"
["bill-to"]=>
&array(3) {
["given"]=>
string(5) "Chris"
["family"]=>
string(6) "Dumars"
["address"]=>
array(4) {
["lines"]=>
string(34) "458 Walkman Dr.
Suite #292"
["city"]=>
string(9) "Royal Oak"
["state"]=>
string(2) "MI"
["postal"]=>
int(48046)
}
}
["ship-to"]=>
&array(3) {
["given"]=>
string(5) "Chris"
["family"]=>
string(6) "Dumars"
["address"]=>
array(4) {
["lines"]=>
string(34) "458 Walkman Dr.
Suite #292"
["city"]=>
string(9) "Royal Oak"
["state"]=>
string(2) "MI"
["postal"]=>
int(48046)
}
}
["product"]=>
array(2) {
[0]=>
array(4) {
["sku"]=>
string(6) "BL394D"
["quantity"]=>
int(4)
["description"]=>
string(10) "Basketball"
["price"]=>
int(450)
}
[1]=>
array(4) {
["sku"]=>
string(7) "BL4438H"
["quantity"]=>
int(1)
["description"]=>
string(10) "Super Hoop"
["price"]=>
int(2392)
}
}
["tax"]=>
float(251.42)
["total"]=>
float(4443.52)
["comments"]=>
string(68) "Late afternoon is best. Backup contact is Nancy Billsmer @ 338-4338."
}