Nein gemeint ist diesmal nicht YAML sondern YAML Ain’t Markup Language.
In der Zend Developer Zone beschäftigt sich der Artikel Using YAML With PHP and PECL mit dem lesen und schreiben von YAML über die PECL extension syck.
What the heck is YAML anyhow? Well, YAML (…) is “a straightforward machine parsable data serialization format designed for human readability and interaction with scripting languages such as Perl and Python” (http://www.yaml.org). Translated from Geek, all this means is that YAML is a way of formatting information such that it is easy to read by both humans and machines. It’s tempting to think of YAML as being similar to XML, but in reality it’s not. Unlike XML, YAML doesn’t use elements and attributes to mark up data; rather, indentation is used to denote nested relationships, and punctuation elements like dashes (-) and colons (:) are used to mark lists and hashes of data items.
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