--- %YAML:1.0 test: Some characters at the beginning of a string must be escaped brief: > Some characters at the beginning of a string must be escaped yaml: | foo: | bar php: | array('foo' => '| bar') --- test: A key can be a quoted string brief: > A key can be a quoted string yaml: | "foo1": bar 'foo2': bar "foo \" bar": bar 'foo '' bar': bar 'foo3: ': bar "foo4: ": bar foo5: { "foo \" bar: ": bar, 'foo '' bar: ': bar } php: | array( 'foo1' => 'bar', 'foo2' => 'bar', 'foo " bar' => 'bar', 'foo \' bar' => 'bar', 'foo3: ' => 'bar', 'foo4: ' => 'bar', 'foo5' => array( 'foo " bar: ' => 'bar', 'foo \' bar: ' => 'bar', ), )