php var_export()

var_export  outputs or returns a parsable string representation of a variable
http://us1.php.net/var_export
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<?php
   $num = 3;
   $result = var_export($num, true);
   echo $result;
?>
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3
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ASP.NET Roles.GetRolesForUser Method

This method can retrieve a list of the roles that the currently logged-on user is in. You must know a user can have one or more roles. If you use only one role for a user, you should retrieve array[0] as shown below.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/8ak75t41.aspx
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public string GetRole(Guid id)
        {
            var userName = context.Users.Find(id).UserName;
            string[] role = Roles.GetRolesForUser(userName);
            return role[0];
        }
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