derick		Fri Nov 24 09:31:08 2006 UTC

  Modified files:              
    /phpdoc/en/reference/var/functions	var-export.xml 
  Log:
  - Clarify var_export and circular references.
  
  
http://cvs.php.net/viewvc.cgi/phpdoc/en/reference/var/functions/var-export.xml?r1=1.13&r2=1.
14&diff_format=u
Index: phpdoc/en/reference/var/functions/var-export.xml
diff -u phpdoc/en/reference/var/functions/var-export.xml:1.13 phpdoc/en/reference/var/functi
ons/var-export.xml:1.14
--- phpdoc/en/reference/var/functions/var-export.xml:1.13	Fri Mar 10 03:45:54 2006
+++ phpdoc/en/reference/var/functions/var-export.xml	Fri Nov 24 09:31:08 2006
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> 
-<!-- $Revision: 1.13 $ --> 
+<!-- $Revision: 1.14 $ --> 
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/var.xml, last change in rev 1.6 --> 
 <refentry id="function.var-export"> 
  <refnamediv> 
@@ -207,14 +207,23 @@
     function.
    </para> 
   </note> 
+  <note> 
+   <para> 
+    <function> var_export</function> does not handle circular references as
+    it would be close to impossible to generate parsable PHP code for that.
+    If you want to do something with the full representation of an array
+    or object, use <function> serialize</function>.
+   </para> 
+  </note> 
  </refsect1> 
 
  <refsect1 role="seealso"> 
   &reftitle.seealso;
   <para> 
    <simplelist> 
-    <member> <function>var_dump</function></member>
     <member> <function>print_r</function></member>
+    <member> <function>serialize</function></member>
+    <member> <function>var_dump</function></member>
    </simplelist> 
   </para>   
  </refsect1>