var_export() — internals

var_export() — internals

Where it lives

• Signature: crates/elephc-builtin-contract/src/catalog_data.rs
• Lowering: src/var_export_prelude.rs:330 (var_export)
• Function symbol: var_export()

Lowering notes

• Implemented by the compiler-injected var_export prelude.

Semantic descriptor

Shared contract implemented by an injected elephc-PHP prelude.

EIR and runtime boundary

Implemented by an injected elephc-PHP prelude.

Signature summary

function var_export(mixed $value, bool $return = false): mixed

What the type checker enforces

• Arity: takes 1–2 arguments (1 optional).

Eval interpreter (magician)

Not callable from eval’d code — the magician interpreter has no entry for this builtin.

Cross-references

• User reference for var_export()