diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b03345b3..7629e8e8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ logs/*
 .buildpath
 .project
 .settings/
+.test/
 *.diff
 *~
 .well-known
diff --git a/lib/Froxlor/PhpHelper.php b/lib/Froxlor/PhpHelper.php
index 7cce512d..441c8c16 100644
--- a/lib/Froxlor/PhpHelper.php
+++ b/lib/Froxlor/PhpHelper.php
@@ -477,4 +477,76 @@ class PhpHelper
 		}
 		return strcasecmp($a[self::$sort_key], $b[self::$sort_key]);
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Generate php file from array.
+	 *
+	 * @param array $array
+	 * @param bool $asReturn
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	public static function parseArrayToPhpFile(array $array, string $comment = null, $asReturn = false): string
+	{
+		$str = sprintf("<?php\n// %s\n\n", $comment ?? 'autogenerated froxlor file');
+
+		if ($asReturn) {
+			return $str . sprintf("return %s;\n\n", rtrim(self::parseArrayToString($array), "\n,"));
+		}
+
+		foreach ($array as $var => $arr) {
+			$str .= sprintf("\$%s = %s;\n\n", $var, rtrim(self::parseArrayToString($arr), "\n,"));
+		}
+		return $str;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Parse array to array string.
+	 *
+	 * @param $array
+	 * @param $key
+	 * @param int $depth
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	public static function parseArrayToString($array, $key = null, int $depth = 1): string
+	{
+		$str = '';
+		if (is_array($array)) {
+			if (!is_null($key)) {
+				$str .= self::tabPrefix(($depth-1), "'{$key}' => [\n");
+			} else {
+				$str .= self::tabPrefix(($depth-1), "[\n");
+			}
+			foreach ($array as $key => $value) {
+				if (isset($key) && !is_array($value)) {
+					if (is_bool($value)) {
+						$str .= self::tabPrefix($depth, sprintf("'%s' => %s,\n", $key, $value ? 'true' : 'false'));
+					} elseif (is_int($value)) {
+						$str .= self::tabPrefix($depth, "'{$key}' => $value,\n");
+					} else {
+						$str .= self::tabPrefix($depth, "'{$key}' => '{$value}',\n");
+					}
+				} elseif (is_array($value)) {
+					$str .= self::parseArrayToString($value, $key, ($depth + 1));
+				}
+			}
+			$str .= self::tabPrefix(($depth-1), "],\n");
+		}
+		return $str;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Apply tabs with given depth to string.
+	 *
+	 * @param int $depth
+	 * @param string $str
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	private static function tabPrefix(int $depth, string $str = ''): string
+	{
+		$tab = '';
+		for ($i = 1; $i <= $depth; $i++) {
+			$tab .= "\t";
+		}
+		return $tab . $str;
+	}
 }