quick/dirty/incomplete implementation of php var_dump in python - this is to save a python data structure as a php variable.

php_var_dump.py

def _php_var_dump(data,depth=0):
    padding= "  "*depth
    keypadding= "  "*(depth+1)
    depth+= 1
    if type(data) == types.DictType :
        items = []
        for i in data :
            item = keypadding + "'%s' => %s" % (i,_php_var_dump(data[i],depth=depth))
            items.append(item)
        items = ',\n'.join(items)
        return '%sArray(\n%s\n%s)' % ( padding, items, padding)
    elif type(data) == types.ListType :
        items = []
        for i in data :
            items.append(_php_var_dump(i,depth=depth))
        items = ',\n'.join(items)
        return '%sArray(\n%s\n%s)' % ( padding, items, padding)
    elif type(data) == types.StringType :
        return padding + "'%s'" % data
    elif type(data) == types.IntType :
        return padding + "%s" % data
    elif type(data) == types.NoneType :
        return padding + "null"
    else:
        print type(data)
        raise

def php_var_dump(name,data):
    depth=0
    if type(data) == types.DictType:
        depth= 1
    return "$%s = %s;" % ( name , _php_var_dump(data,depth=depth) )