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brick/varexporter

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A powerful alternative to var_export(), which can export closures and objects without __set_state()

Last release 9 months ago
06 Jan 2026
Release timing varies
gaps range from 2 weeks to 1.4 years
Nearly every release is documented
notes for 18 of 18 stable releases
Nothing withdrawn
no release was ever pulled
8 years old
18 releases · first in 2019

Release timeline

18 releases since 2019

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Releases

0.7.06 Jan 20262 sources agree
Added VarExporter::INLINE_LITERAL_LIST , similar to INLINE_SCALAR_LIST but includes enum values
✨ New features

Added VarExporter::INLINE_LITERAL_LIST, similar to INLINE_SCALAR_LIST but includes enum values

💥 BC breaks

Minimum PHP version is now 8.2
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0.7.0 Latest

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0.6.020 Feb 20252 sources agree
Support for exporting match constructs in closures
💥 BC breaks

Minimum PHP version is now 8.1 (#39)

✨ New features

Support for exporting match constructs in closures (#38)

Thanks to @reinfi!

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▸▾0.5.010 May 2024Deprecated2 sources agree

deprecated constant VarExporter::INLINE_NUMERIC_SCALAR_ARRAY has been removed, please use INLINE_SCALAR_LIST instead

✨ Compatibility

Added compatibility with nikic/php-parser 5.x
Removed compatibility with nikic/php-parser 4.x

💥 BC breaks

deprecated constant VarExporter::INLINE_NUMERIC_SCALAR_ARRAY has been removed, please use INLINE_SCALAR_LIST instead

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▸▾0.4.01 Sept 2023Breaking2 sources agree

Minimum PHP version is now 7.4 . No breaking changes.

Minimum PHP version is now 7.4. No breaking changes.

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▸▾0.3.821 Jan 20232 sources agree

Support for PHP 8.1 readonly properties ( #27 , #28 )

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Support for PHP 8.1 readonly properties (#27, #28)

Thanks @AnnaDamm!

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▸▾0.3.729 Jun 2022Deprecated2 sources agree

The VarExporter::INLINE_NUMERIC_SCALAR_ARRAY is deprecated, please use INLINE_SCALAR_LIST instead

✨ New feature

New option: VarExporter::INLINE_ARRAY

🗑️ Deprecated

The VarExporter::INLINE_NUMERIC_SCALAR_ARRAY is deprecated, please use INLINE_SCALAR_LIST instead

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0.3.7

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▸▾0.3.615 Jun 20222 sources agree

Support for PHP 8.1 enums ( #23 ).

✨ New feature

Support for PHP 8.1 enums (#23).

Thanks @Jacobs63!

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0.3.6

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▸▾0.3.510 Feb 20212 sources agree

Support for controlling the base indentation level ( #17 ).

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Support for controlling the base indentation level (#17).

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▸▾0.3.47 Feb 20212 sources agree

Support for trailing comma in non-inline arrays, with the TRAILING_COMMA_IN_ARRAY flag ( #16 ).

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Support for trailing comma in non-inline arrays, with the TRAILING_COMMA_IN_ARRAY flag (#16).

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▸▾0.3.324 Dec 20202 sources agree

Exporting an object with numeric dynamic properties would lead to a TypeError

🐛 Bug fix

Exporting an object with numeric dynamic properties would lead to a TypeError

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▸▾0.3.213 Mar 2020

Support for exporting internal classes implementing __set_state():

✨ New feature

Support for exporting internal classes implementing __set_state():

DateTime
DateTimeImmutable
DateTimeZone
DateInterval
DatePeriod

Thanks @GameplayJDK!

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▸▾0.3.123 Jan 2020

Support for closures with use() using the CLOSURE_SNAPSHOT_USE option

✨ New features

Support for closures with use() using the CLOSURE_SNAPSHOT_USE option (#7)
Support for arrow functions in PHP 7.4 (#8)

Thanks to @jasny for his awesome work!

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▸▾0.3.024 Dec 2019Breaking

Minimum PHP version is now 7.2. No breaking changes.

Minimum PHP version is now 7.2. No breaking changes.

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▸▾0.2.116 Apr 2019

✨ New option: VarExporter::INLINE_NUMERIC_SCALAR_ARRAY

✨ New option: VarExporter::INLINE_NUMERIC_SCALAR_ARRAY (#3)

Formats numeric arrays containing only scalar values on a single line.

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▸▾0.2.08 Apr 2019

Experimental support for closures 🎉

✨ New feature

Experimental support for closures 🎉

💥 Minor BC break

export() does not throw an exception anymore when encountering a Closure.
To get the old behaviour back, use the NO_CLOSURES option.

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▸▾0.1.28 Apr 2019

Static properties in custom classes were wrongly included—unset()—in the output

🐛 Bug fixes

Static properties in custom classes were wrongly included—unset()—in the output

✨ Improvements

Circular references are now detected, and throw an ExportException instead of erroring.

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▸▾0.1.18 Apr 2019

Single-letter properties were wrongly exported using ->{'x'} notation.

🐛 Bug fixes

Single-letter properties were wrongly exported using ->{'x'} notation.

✨ Improvements

Exception messages now contain the path (array keys / object properties) to the failure:

[foo][bar][0] Type "resource" is not supported.

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▸▾0.1.07 Apr 2019

First release.

First release.

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