Add readPHPData() and writePHPData() to Storage class

common/framework/storage.php

@@ -166,6 +166,27 @@ class Storage
 		}
 	}
 	
+	/**
+	 * Read PHP data from a file, formatted for easy retrieval.
+	 *
+	 * This method returns the data on success and false on failure.
+	 * 
+	 * @param string $filename
+	 * @return mixed
+	 */
+	public static function readPHPData($filename)
+	{
+		$filename = rtrim($filename, '/\\');
+		if (@is_file($filename) && @is_readable($filename))
+		{
+			return @include $filename;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			return false;
+		}
+	}
+	
 	/**
 	 * Write $content to a file.
 	 *
@@ -201,6 +222,21 @@ class Storage
 		return $result;
 	}
 	
+	/**
+	 * Write PHP data to a file, formatted for easy retrieval.
+	 *
+	 * This method returns true on success and false on failure.
+	 * Resources and anonymous functions cannot be saved.
+	 * 
+	 * @param string $filename
+	 * @param mixed $data
+	 * @return string|false
+	 */
+	public static function writePHPData($filename, $data)
+	{
+		return self::write($filename, '<' . '?php return unserialize(' . var_export(serialize($data), true) . ');');
+	}
+	
 	/**
 	 * Copy $source to $destination.
 	 * 

tests/unit/framework/StorageTest.php

@@ -132,6 +132,15 @@ class StorageTest extends \Codeception\TestCase\Test
 		$this->assertEquals('foobarbazzjazz', file_get_contents($testfile));
 	}
 	
+	public function testReadWritePHPData()
+	{
+		$testfile = \RX_BASEDIR . 'tests/_output/test.php';
+		$data = array('foo' => 'bar', 'baz' => array('rhymix' => '\'"special\\chars' . chr(0) . chr(255), 'test' => 'wow'));
+		
+		$this->assertTrue(Rhymix\Framework\Storage::writePHPData($testfile, $data));
+		$this->assertEquals($data, Rhymix\Framework\Storage::readPHPData($testfile));
+	}
+	
 	public function testCopy()
 	{
 		$source = \RX_BASEDIR . 'tests/_output/copy.source.txt';