Author: Fabien Potencier (fabien.potencier@symfony-project.com)
 /**
  * Dumps a PHP value to YAML.
  *
  * @param  mixed   The PHP value
  * @param  integer The level where you switch to inline YAML
  * @param  integer The level o indentation indentation (used internally)
  *
  * @return string  The YAML representation of the PHP value
  */
 public function dump($input, $inline = 0, $indent = 0)
 {
     $output = '';
     $prefix = $indent ? str_repeat(' ', $indent) : '';
     if ($inline <= 0 || !is_array($input) || empty($input)) {
         $output .= $prefix . YamlInline::dump($input);
     } else {
         $isAHash = array_keys($input) !== range(0, count($input) - 1);
         foreach ($input as $key => $value) {
             $willBeInlined = $inline - 1 <= 0 || !is_array($value) || empty($value);
             $output .= sprintf('%s%s%s%s', $prefix, $isAHash ? YamlInline::dump($key) . ':' : '-', $willBeInlined ? ' ' : "\n", $this->dump($value, $inline - 1, $willBeInlined ? 0 : $indent + 2)) . ($willBeInlined ? "\n" : '');
         }
     }
     return $output;
 }
 /**
  * Parses a YAML value.
  *
  * @param  string A YAML value
  *
  * @return mixed  A PHP value
  */
 protected function parseValue($value)
 {
     if ('*' === substr($value, 0, 1)) {
         if (false !== ($pos = strpos($value, '#'))) {
             $value = substr($value, 1, $pos - 2);
         } else {
             $value = substr($value, 1);
         }
         if (!array_key_exists($value, $this->refs)) {
             throw new InvalidArgumentException(sprintf('Reference "%s" does not exist (%s).', $value, $this->currentLine));
         }
         return $this->refs[$value];
     }
     if (preg_match('/^(?P<separator>\\||>)(?P<modifiers>\\+|\\-|\\d+|\\+\\d+|\\-\\d+|\\d+\\+|\\d+\\-)?(?P<comments> +#.*)?$/', $value, $matches)) {
         $modifiers = isset($matches['modifiers']) ? $matches['modifiers'] : '';
         return $this->parseFoldedScalar($matches['separator'], preg_replace('#\\d+#', '', $modifiers), intval(abs($modifiers)));
     } else {
         return YamlInline::load($value);
     }
 }