how can I get this structure?

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I have to send an array via curl in this format:

["items"=>[[ "key1" => "value1"],[ "key2" => "value2"]]]

at the moment I will write this structe manualy. But how can I get this structe from an array?

$myArray = array( "items" => array ( "key1" => "value1", "key2" => "value2"));

I added my array. How can I get this array as the first structure? — Trombone0904, Dec 20 '22 at 12:43
Not sure what you're asking, those 2 arrays are the same? The only diff is the old vs new array syntax. — 0stone0, Dec 20 '22 at 12:45
Does this answer your question? [PHP Difference between array() and \[\]](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17772534/php-difference-between-array-and) — 0stone0, Dec 20 '22 at 13:35

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 20 '22 at 13:22

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This array

["items"=>[[ "key1" => "value1"],[ "key2" => "value2"]]]

coded using the array() method would be

array( "items" => array( array( "key1" => "value1"), array("key2" => "value2")));

answered Dec 20 '22 at 13:22

RiggsFolly

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 20 '22 at 14:41

A var_export with the short array notation is searched for. I am using a function from https://gist.github.com/Bogdaan/ffa287f77568fcbb4cffa0082e954022

function varexport($expression, $return=FALSE) {
    if (!is_array($expression)) return var_export($expression, $return);
    $export = var_export($expression, TRUE);
    $export = preg_replace("/^([ ]*)(.*)/m", '$1$1$2', $export);
    $array = preg_split("/\r\n|\n|\r/", $export);
    $array = preg_replace(["/\s*array\s\($/", "/\)(,)?$/", "/\s=>\s$/"], [NULL, ']$1', ' => ['], $array);
    $export = join(PHP_EOL, array_filter(["["] + $array));
    if ((bool)$return) return $export; else echo $export;
}

$myArray = array( "items" => array ( "key1" => "value1", "key2" => "value2"));

$str = varexport($myArray,true);
//$str: string(88) "[ 'items' => [ 'key1' => 'value1', 'key2' => 'value2', ], ]"

how can I get this structure?

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