PHP Array to FileMaker Let Vars

<?php

$theArray = array (
    'Order_id' => 'mystore-12656',
    'Currency' => 'USD',
    'Time' => 'Fri Apr  6 10:46:57 2012 GMT',
    'NumericTime' => '1390972125',
    'IPAddress' => '127.0.0.1',
    'Bill_First' => 'Tësting',
    'Bill_Last' => 'Persøn',
    'Bill_Company' => 'P&G',
    'Bill_Address1' => '1234 Dürty Road',
    'Bill_City' => 'Weiterstadt',
    'Bill_State' => 'Stateville',
    'Bill_Country' => 'DE Germany',
    'Bill_Zip' => '92562',
    'Bill_Phone' => '049615091854284',
    'Bill_Email' => 'name@example.com',
    'Items' => array (
            '0' => array (
                    'Id' => 'product-id',
                    'Code' => 'MAG001',
                    'Quantity' => '1',
                    'Unit_Price' => '34.95',
                    'Description' => 'ISO FileMaker Magazine',
                    'Url' => 'http://store.filemakertemplates.com/iso-mag.html',
                    'Taxable' => 'NO',
                    'Thumb' => '<img border=0 width=70 height=63 src=http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/isoproductions_2194_963773>',
                		),
            '1' => array (
                    'Id' => 'videos-rapidramp',
                    'Code' => 'videos-rapidramp',
                    'Quantity' => '1',
                    'Unit_Price' => '178.00',
                    'Description' => 'Rapid Ramp Up Webinar',
                    'Url' => 'http://store.filemakertemplates.com/videos-rapidramp.html',
                    'Taxable' => 'NO',
                    'Thumb' => '<img border=0 width=70 height=63 src=http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/isoproductions_2194_963773>',
                		),
            'variable' => 'baz',
        		),
    'Total' => array (
            '0' => array (
                    'Line_type' => 'Total',
                    'Line_name' => 'Total',
                    'Line_notes' => '',
                    'Line_amount' => '24.95',
                		)
        		),
    'Extra' => 'foobar'
);

// Adding another level for testing
$theArray['Items']['0']['level4'] = array('foo' => 'bar', 'baz' => 'boo');

$desired = <<<EOT
\$Order_id = "mystore-12656";\$Currency = "USD";\$Time = "Fri Apr  6 10:46:57 2012 GMT";\$NumericTime = "1390972125";\$IPAddress = "127.0.0.1";\$Bill_First = "Tësting";\$Bill_Last = "Persøn";\$Bill_Company = "P&G";\$Bill_Address1 = "1234 Dürty Road";\$Bill_City = "Weiterstadt";\$Bill_State = "Stateville";\$Bill_Country = "DE Germany";\$Bill_Zip = "92562";\$Bill_Phone = "049615091854284";\$Bill_Email = "name@example.com";\$Extra = "foobar";
\$Items = "\$0 = \"___Insert > [Items][0]___\";¶\$1 = \"___Insert > [Items][1]___\";¶\$variable = \"baz\";";
\$Total = "\$0=\"___Insert > [Total][0]___\";";
EOT;

/*
FileMaker quote level examples

2 "\"foo\""
3 "\"\\\"foo\\\"\""
4 "\"\\\"\\\\\\\"foo\\\\\\\"\\\"\""
5 "\"\\\"\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"foo\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\"\\\"\""

Let (
  ~var = Quote ( "foo" );
  List (
    "2 " & Quote ( ~var );
    "3 " & Quote ( Quote ( ~var ) );
    "4 " & Quote ( Quote ( Quote ( ~var ) ) );
    "5 " & Quote ( Quote ( Quote ( Quote ( ~var ) ) ) );
  )
)

*/

print '<pre>';
print "----------------------------------\nOriginal Array\n----------------------------------\n";
print_r($theArray);
print "----------------------------------\nThe Objective (see comments)\n----------------------------------\n";

// At each level of an array, a return should be injected so it can be walked with a FileMaker Loop step.
// Because FileMaker does not support multidimensional arrays, <cr>'s must be insterted and converted to ¶

print $desired . "\n";
print "----------------------------------\nCurrent state of conversion\n----------------------------------\n";
$compressed =fmLet($theArray, 'Order');
foreach ($compressed['Order'] as $key => $value) {
  if ($key === 'fmpVars') {
    $string = $value;
  } else {
    $string .= "\n" . $value['fmpVars'];
  }
}
print_r($compressed);

// This is the string you pass into a FileMaker script for parsing
print "<h2>Final result string</h2>\n\n";
print fmQuote($string);

print "\n\n</pre>\n\n";

function fmLet($arr, $container = 'Main', &$result = array()) {
  static $level = 1, $parent = '';

  foreach($arr as $key => $value) {
    // print $level . "\n";

    if (is_array($value)) {
      print "[$container] at level $level with key $key\n";
      $level++;
      // $result .= ''
      $parent = $container;
      fmLet($value, $key, $result[$container]); // passing the result array as reference for pointer
      $level--;
      continue;
    }

    print "[$container] at level $level with key $key\n";

    // Append the variable string in quoted fmp format
    $varstring .= '$' . $key . ' = ' . fmQuote($value) . ';';
    // Inject into tree array
    $result[$container]['fmpVars'] = $varstring;
    // print $level . "\n";
  }

  print "\n------------- FUNCTION RESULT -------------\n";
  if ($parent === $container) {
    print "\n\n>>>>>>>>>>>>>>I SHOULD COMPRESS HERE\n\n";
  }
  print "Parent container is $parent\n";
  print "Current container is $container\n";
  print "Level is $level\n";
  print "Count of result is " . count($result) . "\n";
  print "Result array is\n";
  print_r($result[$parent]) . "\n";

  // Collect fmpVars when at matching level of entry
  if ($parent === $container) {
    // Remove the fmpVars because $varstring has it and we don't want to count it
    unset($result[$parent]['fmpVars']);
    foreach ($result[$parent] as $value) {
      $varstring .= (empty($varstring)) ? $value['fmpVars'] : "\n" . $value['fmpVars'];
    }
  }

  // Inject into wrapper
  $wrapper = '$' . $container . ' = «INSERT»;';
  $wrapper = str_replace('«INSERT»', fmQuote($varstring), $wrapper);
  print $wrapper . "\n";
  print "\n------------- FUNCTION END -------------\n";

  // Append to container
  $result[$container]['fmpVars'] = $wrapper;
  return $result;
}

/*
 * Helper function to fix quotes for FMP compatibility
 */
function fmQuote ($value) {
  return '"' . str_replace(array('\\', '"', '¶', "\n"), array('\\\\', '\"', '\\¶', '¶'), $value) . '"';
}

?>
<hr/>
<h2>FileMaker script to parse variables.</h2>
<pre>
# Name: Loopit ( variables )
#----------------------------------
# Capture parameters
#----------------------------------
If [ not #Assign ( #Filter (
        Get ( ScriptParameter ) ;
        ScriptRequiredParameterList ( "" )
        ))]
    Show Custom Dialog [ Title: "Developer Error!"; Message: Quote ( Get ( ScriptName ) ) & " could not process the required variables."; Default Button: “Darn”, Commit: “Yes” ]
    Exit Script [ ]
End If
#----------------------------------
# Walk variables list
#----------------------------------
Set Variable [ $itemCount; Value:ValueCount ( $variables ) ]
Loop
    Exit Loop If [ Let ( $i = $i + 1 ; If ( $i > Int ( $itemCount ) ; Let ( $i = "" ; True ) ) ) ]
    Set Variable [ $~line; Value:GetValue ( $variables ; $i ) ]
    Set Variable [ $~lineIsContainer; Value:GetAsBoolean ( PatternCount ( $~line ; ";\¶" ) ) or
                    GetAsBoolean ( PatternCount ( $~line ; " = \\\"$" ) ) ]
    Set Variable [ $~lineHasEmbeddedVars; Value:GetAsBoolean ( PatternCount ( $~line ; "= \\\"" ) ) ] Set Variable [ $~varsCreated; Value:#Assign ( $~line ) ]
    Set Variable [ $~package; Value:"$" & LeftWords ($~line ; 1 ) ]
    If [ $~lineIsContainer ]
        Perform Script [ “Loopit ( variables )”; Parameter: # ( "variables" ; Evaluate ( $~package ) ) ]
    End If
    If [ $~lineHasEmbeddedVars ]
        Set Variable [ $~varsExplodedOut; Value:#Assign ( Evaluate ( $~package ) ) ]
    End If
End Loop
</pre>