Saving a PHP array to a PHP file that returns an array

gistfile1.txt

public function save($path, $array)
{
	$data = "<?php\nreturn array(";
	foreach ($array as $key => $value) {
		$data .= "'" . $key . "'=>". var_export($value,true).';' . "\n";
	}
	$cdata .= "\n);";
	//make sure directory exists before creating
	return file_put_contents($path, $data);
}