--- %YAML:1.0 test: Strings brief: > Any group of characters beginning with an alphabetic or numeric character is a string, unless it belongs to one of the groups below (such as an Integer or Time). yaml: | String php: | 'String' --- test: String characters brief: > A string can contain any alphabetic or numeric character, along with many punctuation characters, including the period, dash, space, quotes, exclamation, and question mark. yaml: | - What's Yaml? - It's for writing data structures in plain text. - And? - And what? That's not good enough for you? - No, I mean, "And what about Yaml?" - Oh, oh yeah. Uh.. Yaml for Ruby. php: | array( "What's Yaml?", "It's for writing data structures in plain text.", "And?", "And what? That's not good enough for you?", "No, I mean, \"And what about Yaml?\"", "Oh, oh yeah. Uh.. Yaml for Ruby." ) --- test: Indicators in Strings brief: > Be careful using indicators in strings. In particular, the comma, colon, and pound sign must be used carefully. yaml: | the colon followed by space is an indicator: but is a string:right here same for the pound sign: here we have it#in a string the comma can, honestly, be used in most cases: [ but not in, inline collections ] php: | array( 'the colon followed by space is an indicator' => 'but is a string:right here', 'same for the pound sign' => 'here we have it#in a string', 'the comma can, honestly, be used in most cases' => array('but not in', 'inline collections') ) --- test: Forcing Strings brief: > Any YAML type can be forced into a string using the explicit !str method. yaml: | date string: !str 2001-08-01 number string: !str 192 php: | array( 'date string' => '2001-08-01', 'number string' => '192' ) --- test: Single-quoted Strings brief: > You can also enclose your strings within single quotes, which allows use of slashes, colons, and other indicators freely. Inside single quotes, you can represent a single quote in your string by using two single quotes next to each other. yaml: | all my favorite symbols: '#:!/%.)' a few i hate: '&(*' why do i hate them?: 'it''s very hard to explain' entities: '£ me' php: | array( 'all my favorite symbols' => '#:!/%.)', 'a few i hate' => '&(*', 'why do i hate them?' => 'it\'s very hard to explain', 'entities' => '£ me' ) --- test: Double-quoted Strings brief: > Enclosing strings in double quotes allows you to use escapings to represent ASCII and Unicode characters. yaml: | i know where i want my line breaks: "one here\nand another here\n" php: | array( 'i know where i want my line breaks' => "one here\nand another here\n" ) --- test: Multi-line Quoted Strings todo: true brief: > Both single- and double-quoted strings may be carried on to new lines in your YAML document. They must be indented a step and indentation is interpreted as a single space. yaml: | i want a long string: "so i'm going to let it go on and on to other lines until i end it with a quote." php: | array('i want a long string' => "so i'm going to ". "let it go on and on to other lines ". "until i end it with a quote." ) --- test: Plain scalars todo: true brief: > Unquoted strings may also span multiple lines, if they are free of YAML space indicators and indented. yaml: | - My little toe is broken in two places; - I'm crazy to have skied this way; - I'm not the craziest he's seen, since there was always the German guy who skied for 3 hours on a broken shin bone (just below the kneecap); - Nevertheless, second place is respectable, and he doesn't recommend going for the record; - He's going to put my foot in plaster for a month; - This would impair my skiing ability somewhat for the duration, as can be imagined. php: | array( "My little toe is broken in two places;", "I'm crazy to have skied this way;", "I'm not the craziest he's seen, since there was always ". "the German guy who skied for 3 hours on a broken shin ". "bone (just below the kneecap);", "Nevertheless, second place is respectable, and he doesn't ". "recommend going for the record;", "He's going to put my foot in plaster for a month;", "This would impair my skiing ability somewhat for the duration, ". "as can be imagined." ) --- test: 'Null' brief: > You can use the tilde '~' character for a null value. yaml: | name: Mr. Show hosted by: Bob and David date of next season: ~ php: | array( 'name' => 'Mr. Show', 'hosted by' => 'Bob and David', 'date of next season' => null ) --- test: Boolean brief: > You can use 'true' and 'false' for Boolean values. yaml: | Is Gus a Liar?: true Do I rely on Gus for Sustenance?: false php: | array( 'Is Gus a Liar?' => true, 'Do I rely on Gus for Sustenance?' => false ) --- test: Integers dump_skip: true brief: > An integer is a series of numbers, optionally starting with a positive or negative sign. Integers may also contain commas for readability. yaml: | zero: 0 simple: 12 one-thousand: 1,000 negative one-thousand: -1,000 php: | array( 'zero' => 0, 'simple' => 12, 'one-thousand' => 1000, 'negative one-thousand' => -1000 ) --- test: Integers as Map Keys brief: > An integer can be used a dictionary key. yaml: | 1: one 2: two 3: three php: | array( 1 => 'one', 2 => 'two', 3 => 'three' ) --- test: Floats dump_skip: true brief: > Floats are represented by numbers with decimals, allowing for scientific notation, as well as positive and negative infinity and "not a number." yaml: | a simple float: 2.00 larger float: 1,000.09 scientific notation: 1.00009e+3 php: | array( 'a simple float' => 2.0, 'larger float' => 1000.09, 'scientific notation' => 1000.09 ) --- test: Time todo: true brief: > You can represent timestamps by using ISO8601 format, or a variation which allows spaces between the date, time and time zone. yaml: | iso8601: 2001-12-14t21:59:43.10-05:00 space separated: 2001-12-14 21:59:43.10 -05:00 php: | array( 'iso8601' => mktime( 2001, 12, 14, 21, 59, 43, 0.10, "-05:00" ), 'space separated' => mktime( 2001, 12, 14, 21, 59, 43, 0.10, "-05:00" ) ) --- test: Date todo: true brief: > A date can be represented by its year, month and day in ISO8601 order. yaml: | 1976-07-31 php: | date( 1976, 7, 31 )