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Another Version Of A Variable Dump Routine

Type:	code fragment
Added by:	JWoolbright
Entered:	09/02/2001
Last modified:	02/12/2000
Rating:	- (fewer than 3 votes)
Views:	4971

use print_array($variable) to dump the contents of a variable of any type including objects or arrays into any easy to read html format.. It supports recursive object and arrays

<?php
function vardumparray(&$a) {

                                

                                if(is_array($a)==1) { 

                                  $out.="n<TABLE BORDER=1 CELLSPACING=1 CELLPADDING=5>"; 

                                  $out.="nt<tr bgcolor=0066AA><td colspan=3 align=center><font color=white>Array</FONT></TD></TR>";


                            

                                  while(list($one,$two)=each($a)) { 

                                      if (is_object($two)) {

                                       $out.="<tr bgcolor=006633><td colspan=3 align=center><Font color=white>Object</FONT></TD></TR>";


                                       $out.= "<tr >

                                                       <td valign=top>$one</td>


                                                       <td valign=top>=></td>


                                                       <td align=left valign=top>" . vardumparray($two) . "</td></tr>";


                                    }

                                    elseif (is_array($two)) {

                                       $out.= "<tr>

                                                       <td valign=top>$one</td>


                                                    <td valign=top>=></td>


                                                    <td align=left valign=top>" . vardumparray($two) . "</td></tr>"; 


                                    }

                                    else {

                                       $out.= "<tr>

                                                       <td valign=top>$one</td>


                                                    <td valign=top>=></td>


                                                    <td align=left valign=top>" . $two . "</td></tr>"; 


                                    }

                                  } 

                                  $out.= "n</TABLE>"; 

                                  return $out;

                                }  

                                

                                elseif (is_object($a)==1) {

                                    $out.="n<TABLE BORDER=1 CELLSPACING=1 CELLPADDING=5>"; 

                                    $out.="nt<tr bgcolor=#FF6666><td align=center><font color=white>Object</FONT></TD></TR>";

                                    $out.='<tr bgcolor=white><td align=center>';

                                    $arr=get_object_vars($a);

                                    $out.=vardumparray($arr);

                                    $out.='</TD></TR>';

                                    $out.= "n</TABLE>"; 

                                    return $out;

                                }

                                else { 

                                  printf( "%s",$a); 

                                }  

                            }

                            

                            function print_array($a) { 

                                print vardumparray($a);

                            } 

                                 

                               
?>

Usage Example

print_array($variable)

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