var_export vs plaintext #4774

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1. schlessera commented on Apr 19, 2018

   

   schlessera

   on Apr 19, 2018

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   Yes, they are the same thing.

   To fix this in a BC way, we could just accept both whenever that particular format is used.

   However, I think that the plaintext one is only used when a string is returned, so it might make more sense to users in that case.
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4. imsameer-dev

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   Fix wp-cli#4774: Standardize plaintext format name across CLI commands

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   Fix wp-cli#4774: Standardize plaintext format name across CLI commands

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   Add single-value formatter system for WP_CLI::print_value()

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6. swissspidy commented on Sep 15, 2026

   

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   I think this is completed now.
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   closed this as completedon Sep 15, 2026