Exemplos

<?php
$addr = array(
    "given" => "Chris",
    "family"=> "Dumars",
    "address"=> array(
        "lines"=> "458 Walkman Dr.
        Suite #292",
        "city"=> "Royal Oak",
        "state"=> "MI",
        "postal"=> 48046,
      ),
  );
$invoice = array (
    "invoice"=> 34843,
    "date"=> "2001-01-23",
    "bill-to"=> $addr,
    "ship-to"=> $addr,
    "product"=> array(
        array(
            "sku"=> "BL394D",
            "quantity"=> 4,
            "description"=> "Basketball",
            "price"=> 450,
          ),
        array(
            "sku"=> "BL4438H",
            "quantity"=> 1,
            "description"=> "Super Hoop",
            "price"=> 2392,
          ),
      ),
    "tax"=> 251.42,
    "total"=> 4443.52,
    "comments"=> "Late afternoon is best. Backup contact is Nancy Billsmer @ 338-4338.",
    );

// gera uma representação YAML de $invoice
$yaml = yaml_emit($invoice);
var_dump($yaml);

// converte o YAML de volta para uma variável PHP
$parsed = yaml_parse($yaml);

// verifica que as conversões de ida e volta produziram uma estrutura equivalente
var_dump($parsed == $invoice);
?>