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32 changes: 21 additions & 11 deletions components/yaml.rst
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Expand Up @@ -92,8 +92,8 @@ other dumps a PHP array to a YAML string
On top of these two classes, the :class:`Symfony\\Component\\Yaml\\Yaml` class
acts as a thin wrapper that simplifies common uses.

Reading YAML Files
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Reading YAML Contents
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The :method:`Symfony\\Component\\Yaml\\Yaml::parse` method parses a YAML
string and converts it to a PHP array:
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use Symfony\Component\Yaml\Yaml;

$value = Yaml::parse(file_get_contents('/path/to/file.yml'));

.. caution::

Because it is currently possible to pass a filename to this method, you
must validate the input first. Passing a filename is deprecated in
Symfony 2.2, and was removed in Symfony 3.0.
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we should already remove this block in the 3.3 docs

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see #8554

$value = Yaml::parse("foo: bar");
// $value = array('foo' => 'bar')

If an error occurs during parsing, the parser throws a
:class:`Symfony\\Component\\Yaml\\Exception\\ParseException` exception
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use Symfony\Component\Yaml\Exception\ParseException;

try {
$value = Yaml::parse(file_get_contents('/path/to/file.yml'));
$value = Yaml::parse('...');
} catch (ParseException $e) {
printf("Unable to parse the YAML string: %s", $e->getMessage());
printf('Unable to parse the YAML string: %s', $e->getMessage());
}

Reading YAML Files
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The :method:`Symfony\\Component\\Yaml\\Yaml::parseFile` method parses the YAML
contents of the given file path and converts them to a PHP value::

use Symfony\Component\Yaml\Yaml;

$value = Yaml::parseFile('/path/to/file.yml');
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The method is not static https://github.com/symfony/symfony/blob/master/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Parser.php#L49

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but it is static in the Yaml class (which is used here): https://github.com/symfony/symfony/blob/master/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Yaml.php#L53 :)

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Ah, you're right!


.. versionadded:: 3.4
The ``parseFile()`` method was introduced in Symfony 3.4.

If an error occurs during parsing, the parser throws a ``ParseException`` exception.

.. _components-yaml-dump:

Writing YAML Files
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