Arrays

a more readable option that "print_r"

Type:	code fragment
Added by:	Saibot
Entered:	01/02/2001
Last modified:	02/11/2008
Rating:	(9 votes)
Views:	9620

This is a really simple function that allows one to display array data in a more readable way than with the standard print_r function

<?

                              /*

                                Function coded by Stephan Pirson

                                contact: saibot@hesperia-mud.org

                              */

                              

                              function print_a( $TheArray )

                              { // Note: the function is recursive

                                echo "<table border=1>n";

                                

                                $Keys = array_keys( $TheArray );

                                foreach( $Keys as $OneKey )

                                {

                                  echo "<tr>n";

                                  

                                  echo "<td bgcolor='#727450'>";

                                  echo "<B>" . $OneKey . "</B>";

                                  echo "</td>n";

                                  

                                  echo "<td bgcolor='#C4C2A6'>";

                                    if ( is_array($TheArray[$OneKey]) )

                                      print_a($TheArray[$OneKey]);

                                    else

                                      echo $TheArray[$OneKey];

                                  echo "</td>n";

                                  

                                  echo "</tr>n";

                                }

                                echo "</table>n";

                              }
 ?>

Usage Example

Give it this to eat and compare with print_r:

                            

                              $testa = Array( "blah" => 1, "Blah2" => Array ( 1, 2, 3, "Hmmm" => "Sure", Array(2, 1, Array( "count" => 2), 1 ), 8 ), "Blah3" => 3, "An Array" => Array("Test"=>1, "Test2" => 2, "Test3" => Array( "blah", 3, "someone1" => "me", 7 ) ) );


                              print_a($testa);

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