#2691 (ok 3.1.2) Yaml export, not really usable !

[Julien G]

Let say, we have the following DB structure :

Table : "human"
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| id | name |
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| 1 | Joe |
| 2 | Bill |
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Table: "animal"
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| id | name |
------------------
| 1 | Rex |
| 2 | Pepet|
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(And an other table to link pets to humans)

An Yaml export will give this :
--------------------------------
1:
id: 1
name: Joe
2:
id: 2
name: Bill
1:
id: 1
name: Rex
2;
id: 2:
name: Pepet
---------------------------------

This is just unusable !!!

There is a lot of way to have a better Yaml export:

Use same format as XML export
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myDBname:
human:
1:
id: 1
name: Joe
2:
id: 2
name: Bill
animal:
1:
id: 1
name: Rex
2;
id: 2
name: Pepet
---------------------------------

Without DB name:
--------------------------------
human:
1:
id: 1
name: Joe
2:
id: 2
name: Bill
animal:
1:
id: 1
name: Rex
2;
id: 2
name: Pepet
---------------------------------

Flat, but with table name:
--------------------------------
human_1:
id: 1
name: Joe
human_2:
id: 2
name: Bill
animal_1:
id: 1
name: Rex
animal_2;
id: 2
name: Pepet
---------------------------------

Or, at least, using comments:
--------------------------------
# myDBname.human
1:
id: 1
name: Joe
2:
id: 2
name: Bill

# myDBname.animal
1:
id: 1
name: Rex
2;
id: 2:
name: Pepet
---------------------------------

I personnaly prefer the first version...

[Michal Čihař]

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Feel free to create patch for the export, it should be pretty easy (you can find code in libraries/export/yaml.php). The current version was contributed by some user and we have no knowledge about YAML in our development team.

[Marc Delisle]

Fixed for 3.1.2 by adding comments, thanks to Bryce Thornton.