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<div id="book.var_representation" class="book">
 
 <h1 class="title">var_representation</h1>
 

 <div id="intro.var_representation" class="preface">
  <h1 class="title">Introduction</h1>
  <p class="simpara">
   The var_representation extension provides a compact alternative to <span class="function"><a href="function.var-export.php" class="function">var_export()</a></span> that properly escapes control characters.
  </p>
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<ul class="chunklist chunklist_book"><li><a href="var-representation.setup.php">Installing/Configuring</a><ul class="chunklist chunklist_book chunklist_children"><li><a href="var-representation.installation.php">Installation</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="var-representation.constants.php">Predefined Constants</a></li><li><a href="ref.var-representation.php">var_representation Functions</a><ul class="chunklist chunklist_book chunklist_children"><li><a href="function.var-representation.php">var_representation</a> — Returns a short, readable, parsable string representation of a variable</li></ul></li></ul></div><?php manual_footer($setup); ?>