Remove sebastian/exporter dependency.

rotexsoft · Oct 17, 2022 · 6c742ab · 6c742ab
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diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@
     "minimum-stability": "dev",
     "prefer-stable": true,
     "require": {
-        "php": ">=7.4.0",
-        "sebastian/exporter": "^4.0"
+        "php": ">=7.4.0"
     },
     "require-dev": {
         "phpunit/phpunit": "^9.0",

diff --git a/src/helper-functions.php b/src/helper-functions.php
@@ -282,8 +282,16 @@ function random_array_keys(array $array, int $number_of_random_keys = 1): array
      *  
      */
     function var_to_string($var): string {
+
+        // Start capturing the output
+        ob_start();
 
-        return (new Exporter())->export($var);
+        var_dump($var);
+
+        // Get the captured output, close the buffer & return the captured output
+        $output = ob_get_clean();
+
+        return ($output === false) ? '' : $output;
     }
 
     /**