PHP Array Util

Arr.php

<?php
/**
 * array Util class
 */
class Arr {
  /**
   * $array Can be either an Array or the string output of
   *   print_r($array, true);
   */
  public static function print_php($array) {
    $array = is_array($array)?print_r($array,true):$array;
    $array = preg_replace(
        array(
          '/Array\n/',
          '/\[(.*)\] =>/',
          '/\)\n/'
        ),
        array(
          "array\n",
          '"${1}" =>',
          "),\n"
        ),
      $array);
    // need regex skill++ , for now this will do
    $array = preg_replace_callback(
        '/=> (.*?)\n/',
        // only replace if it is not the word 'array' or just digits
        create_function(
          '$matches',
          '$match = isset($matches[1])?$matches[1]:null;
          $qt = ctype_digit($match)||$match=="array"?"":"\"";
          $c = $match=="array"?"":",";
          return "=> {$qt}{$match}{$qt}{$c}\n";'
        ),
      $array);
    return $array;
  }

}