From 79b4efe6c9bf1fd16964ae787f5cd1ba314410ad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Caen De Silva <caen@desilva.se>
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2024 13:50:34 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Format the array as a PHP array

---
 packages/testing/src/FluentTestingHelpers.php | 19 ++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/testing/src/FluentTestingHelpers.php b/packages/testing/src/FluentTestingHelpers.php
index b0255a5c8aa..10ebb8e916f 100644
--- a/packages/testing/src/FluentTestingHelpers.php
+++ b/packages/testing/src/FluentTestingHelpers.php
@@ -69,11 +69,28 @@ protected function dd($var): void
             echo $var.($var[-1] === "\n" ? '' : "\n");
             echo "```\n";
         } elseif(is_array($var)) {
-            var_export($var);
+            echo "```php\n";
+            echo $this->formatArray($var);
+            echo "```\n";
         } else {
             dd($var);
         }
 
         die;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @experimental Helper function to format an array as a plain PHP array with [] syntax.
+     */
+    private function formatArray(array $array): string
+    {
+        $json = json_encode($array, JSON_PRETTY_PRINT | JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES);
+
+        // Transform JSON to PHP array syntax
+        $php = preg_replace('/^(\s*)\"(\w+)\":/m', '$1$2:', $json); // Remove quotes from keys
+        $php = str_replace('{', '[', $php); // Replace { with [
+        $php = str_replace('}', ']', $php); // Replace } with ]
+
+        return $php."\n";
+    }
 }