diff --git a/bin/helpers/generate-php-tld-desc.php b/bin/helpers/generate-php-tld-desc.php
index abfcd19..149d732 100755
--- a/bin/helpers/generate-php-tld-desc.php
+++ b/bin/helpers/generate-php-tld-desc.php
@@ -88,8 +88,6 @@ new class() {
            fclose($handle);
            echo "done\n";
         }
-
-        //echo "new TldDesc.php: $newTldDescFile\n";
         
         echo "generating new 'TldDesc.php' file...";
 
@@ -102,9 +100,9 @@ new class() {
         }
         
         $tldDescExport = var_export($tldDesc, true);
-        $tldDescExport = str_replace('array','',$tldDescExport);
-        $tldDescExport = str_replace('(','[',$tldDescExport);
-        $tldDescExport = str_replace(')',']',$tldDescExport);
+        $tldDescExport = substr($tldDescExport,strlen("array ("));
+        $tldDescExport = substr($tldDescExport,0,-1);
+        $tldDescExport = ' ['.$tldDescExport.']';
         
         if (false === file_put_contents($newTldDescFile, $tldDescExport,\FILE_APPEND)) {
            static::_echo_error("(FATAL) failed to write to new 'TldDesc.php' file",1);
diff --git a/bin/helpers/generate-php-tld-info.php b/bin/helpers/generate-php-tld-info.php
index 159abfc..69d9cfd 100755
--- a/bin/helpers/generate-php-tld-info.php
+++ b/bin/helpers/generate-php-tld-info.php
@@ -103,9 +103,9 @@ new class() {
               ];
               
               $tldInfoElem = var_export($tldInfoElem, true);
-              $tldInfoElem = str_replace('array','',$tldInfoElem);
-              $tldInfoElem = str_replace('(','[',$tldInfoElem);
-              $tldInfoElem = str_replace(')',']',$tldInfoElem);
+              $tldInfoElem = substr($tldInfoElem,strlen("array ("));
+              $tldInfoElem = substr($tldInfoElem,0,-1);
+              $tldInfoElem = ' ['.$tldInfoElem.']';
               
               if ($i!=0) {
                  $tldInfoElem = ",\n$tldInfoElem";
diff --git a/bin/helpers/generate-php-tld-list.php b/bin/helpers/generate-php-tld-list.php
index 1f89df0..6c5f2e3 100755
--- a/bin/helpers/generate-php-tld-list.php
+++ b/bin/helpers/generate-php-tld-list.php
@@ -97,16 +97,19 @@ new class() {
            static::_echo_error("(FATAL) failed to write to new 'TldList.php' file",1);
         }
         
-        $tldEnumExport = var_export($tldEnum, true);
-        $tldEnumExport = str_replace('array','',$tldEnumExport);
-        $tldEnumExport = str_replace('(','[',$tldEnumExport);
-        $tldEnumExport = str_replace(')',']',$tldEnumExport);
-        $tldEnumExport = str_replace('=>','',$tldEnumExport);
-        $tldEnumExport = preg_replace('/[0-9]+/', '', $tldEnumExport);
+        $tldEnumExport = var_export($tldEnum,true);
+        $tldEnumExport = substr($tldEnumExport,strlen("array ("));
+        $tldEnumExport = substr($tldEnumExport,0,-1);
+        $tldEnumLine = [];
+        $i=0;
+        foreach(explode("\n",$tldEnumExport) as $line) {
+           $filteredLine = preg_replace('/[0-9]+ => \'/', "'", $line);
+           $tldEnumLine []= $filteredLine;
+           $i++;
+        }
+        unset($line);
         
-        //$tldEnumExport = json_encode($tldEnum,\JSON_PRETTY_PRINT);
-        
-        if (false === file_put_contents($newTldEnumFile, $tldEnumExport,\FILE_APPEND)) {
+        if (false === file_put_contents($newTldEnumFile, " [".implode("\n",$tldEnumLine)."]",\FILE_APPEND)) {
            static::_echo_error("(FATAL) failed to write to new 'TldList.php' file",1);
         }
         
diff --git a/bin/helpers/generate-php-tld-type.php b/bin/helpers/generate-php-tld-type.php
index 51cfe64..6115c3f 100755
--- a/bin/helpers/generate-php-tld-type.php
+++ b/bin/helpers/generate-php-tld-type.php
@@ -102,9 +102,9 @@ new class() {
         }
         
         $tldTypeExport = var_export($tldType, true);
-        $tldTypeExport = str_replace('array','',$tldTypeExport);
-        $tldTypeExport = str_replace('(','[',$tldTypeExport);
-        $tldTypeExport = str_replace(')',']',$tldTypeExport);
+        $tldTypeExport = substr($tldTypeExport,strlen("array ("));
+        $tldTypeExport = substr($tldTypeExport,0,-1);
+        $tldTypeExport = ' ['.$tldTypeExport.']';
         
         if (false === file_put_contents($newTldTypeFile, $tldTypeExport,\FILE_APPEND)) {
            static::_echo_error("(FATAL) failed to write to new 'TldType.php' file",1);