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Parsing and formatting var_export() string

I have this script to format var_export's result string. The information in the output is good, but I need know if the code performance is good or if it can be improved.

https://wtools.io/php-sandbox/borN

Updated Script

<?php
#Class Initialization
class Example {
    function foo_function() {
        return "Hello World! Object";
    }
}
$var_object = new Example;
#Store Class in and Array and other Sort of variables
$Test                            = [];
$Test['Check1']                  = null;
$Test['Check2']                  = [];
$Test['Check2']['int']           = 20;
$Test['Check2']['float']         = 20.35;
$Test['Check2']['string']        = 'Hello World';
$Test['Check2']['bolean']        = true;
$Test['Check2']['array']         = [];
$Test['Check2']['array']['data'] = 'Array Text';
$Test['Check2']['array']['object']  = $var_object;
$Test['Check2']['array']['object2'] = $var_object->foo_function();
#function get my Type of value correctly:
function myGetType($var) {
    if (is_null($var) OR $var == 'null' OR $var == 'NULL') {
        return "(Type of NULL)";
    }

    if (is_array($var)) {
        return "(array)";
    }

    if (in_array($var, array("true", "false"), true)) {
        return "boolean";
    }

    if ((int) $var == $var && is_numeric($var)) {
        return "integer" . '(' . strlen($var) . ')';
    }

    if ((float) $var == $var && is_numeric($var)) {
        return "float" . '(' . strlen($var) . ')';
    }

    if (is_object($var)) {
        return "object";
    }

    if (strpos($var, 'resource') !== false AND strpos($var, 'of type ') !== false) {
        return "resource";
    }

    if (is_string($var)) {
        return "string" . '(' . strlen($var) . ')';
    }

    return "unknown";
}
#function to know if Exist a resource in the text:
function CheckResourceType($Var) {
    foreach ($Var as $k => $v) {
        if (is_array($v)) {
            $wrappedArray[$k] = CheckResourceType($v);
        } else {
            if (is_resource($v)) {
                ob_start();
                var_dump($v);
                $v = ob_get_clean();
                $v = preg_replace('~\R~', '', $v);
            }
            $wrappedArray[$k] = $v;
        }
    }
    return $wrappedArray;
}

#Main function to Format:
function VarExportFormat($Var) {
    $textvar = '';
    if (!is_array($Var)) {
        $textvar       = var_export($Var, true);
        $textvar       = preg_replace('~^ +~m', '$0$0', $textvar);
        $typeval       = myGetType($Var);
        $textvarArr[0] = $typeval . ' ' . var_export($Var, true);
    } else {
        //Check Point A Start
        $Var     = CheckResourceType($Var);
        $textvar = var_export($Var, true);
        $textvar = preg_replace('~^ +~m', '$0$0', $textvar);
        $textvar = preg_split("~\R~", $textvar);
        $textvar = preg_replace_callback(
            "~ => \K\V+(?=,)~",
            function ($m) {
                return myGetType(str_replace("'", "", $m[0])) . ": {$m[0]}";
            }, $textvar
        );
        $textvarArr = preg_replace(["/\s*array\s\($/", "/\)(,)?$/", "/\s=>\s$/"], [NULL, ']$1', ' => array ['], $textvar);
        //Check Point A END
    }
    if (!isset($textvarArr[1])) {
        $textvar = PHP_EOL . $textvarArr[0];
    } else {
        $textvar = join(PHP_EOL, array_filter(["array ["] + $textvarArr));
    }
    if (substr($textvar, -1) == '[') {
        $textvar = str_replace("[", "[]", $textvar);
    }
    //Check Point B Start

    $textvar = preg_replace('/(\K\v+\s+)(.+\()(\v+\s+\)],)/', '$1    $2object))[],$1],', $textvar);

    //Check Point B END
    
    $textvar = highlight_string("<?php \n#Output of Variable:\n" . $textvar . ";\n?>", true);
    return $textvar;
}

#Call to Format function.
echo VarExportFormat($Test);

Solve with this:

https://regex101.com/r/pk5ICt/5