Convert array to a printed string

Question

I need to convert array to a string with square brackets and all.

This is the array

$content =['a', 'b', 'c'] ;

The output I need is,

$contstring = "['a', 'b', 'c']" ;

A printed array.

Implode()

or serialize() doesn't do the job. Please suggest me a way to achieve this. Thanks in advance.

PHP has this magical concatenation operator: $contentstring = "['" . implode("', '",$content) . "']"; — Mark Baker
– Mark Baker, Commented Jan 8, 2017 at 19:00
Why implode doesn't do the job? It is exactly what you need — SergeyLebedev
– SergeyLebedev, Commented Jan 8, 2017 at 19:00
Implode prints the values. But I need the string with square brackets. — Choxmi
– Choxmi, Commented Jan 8, 2017 at 19:05

Mehmet Cetin · Accepted Answer · 2017-01-08 19:17:02Z

1

implode() joins elements in array. basically :

$a = ['m','e','m','o'];
$str = implode($a,'');
echo $str;
// or : echo implode($a,'');

or make your own loop :

$str = '';
foreach($a as $c){
    $str .= $c;
}
echo $str;

answered Jan 8, 2017 at 19:03

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BizzyBob · Accepted Answer · 2017-01-08 22:31:48Z

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To get exactly what you want you just need to use implode with ', ' as your glue:

$content =['a', 'b', 'c'] ;
$contstring = "['" . implode($content, "', '") . "']" ;

answered Jan 8, 2017 at 22:31

BizzyBob

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