SomeLuigi (2012-06-06 09:57:25)

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So today, I got the YAML parser/emitter.

A big question that you guys will have today is:
What IS YAML, SomeLuigi?

YAML (stands for "YAML Ain't Markup Language", yes, another recursive acronym), is a means to store information in a human-readable fashion.

Some of you may know that I love the serialize() and unserialize() functions in PHP (PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor, recursive acronym).

There is three BIG downsides to this though:

1) The information is somewhat difficult to read
2) If you want to edit a value (example: string), you might have to type in how long it is aswell.
3) Not a lot of other programming languages have parse/emit layers for this format.


Then the other day, I came across YAML (.yml file extension).

I had a look at some examples of these files I had on disk, and sure enough, they were easy to read!


I added the spyc package to the /lib/ folder.

Stuff you need to know:

Spyc::YAMLLoad(filename)
- load from filename

Spyc::YAMLLoadString(yamlsource)
- load from source string

Spyc::YAMLDump($array, $indent, $wordwrap)



And finally, it's in /lib/spyc.php

I know I'll be using this

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2012-06-06 09:58:01

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SomeLuigi (2012-06-07 20:33:54)

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For storing data in files -Cartiga

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