Make var_dump look pretty
Try xdebug extension for php.
Example:
<?php var_dump($_SERVER); ?>
Outputs:
Use preformatted HTML element
echo '<pre>';
var_dump($data);
echo '</pre>';
I really love var_export()
. If you like copy/paste-able code, try:
echo '<pre>' . var_export($data, true) . '</pre>';
Or even something like this for color syntax highlighting:
highlight_string("<?php\n\$data =\n" . var_export($data, true) . ";\n?>");
Reusable function:
function highlight_array($array, $name = 'var') {
highlight_string("<?php\n\$$name =\n" . var_export($array, true) . ";\n?>");
}
You can do the same with print_r()
. For var_dump()
you would just need to add the <pre>
tags:
echo '<pre>';
var_dump($data);
echo '</pre>';