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Helper function for debugging scripts

Type:	code fragment
Added by:	lecuanda
Entered:	19/07/2001
Last modified:	07/12/2000
Rating:	- (fewer than 3 votes)
Views:	4511

This little function will help you debug scripts, specially if you use a lot of objects and arrays. it prints a beautified version of the 'print_r' output.

if you add this function to your script, just call your script adding ?debug=1 (script.php?debug=1)or add the $debug global variable set to true to see the debugging output

<?php
function dp($call,$cname) {

                                global $debug;

                                if ($debug) {

                                    echo $cname.":<pre>";

                                    if (!is_array($call) or !is_object($call) or !is_resource($call)) { 

                                        $call=htmlspecialchars($call); 

                                    }

                                    print_r($call);

                                    if ( is_array($call)) { reset($call); }

                                    echo "</pre><hr>";    

                                }

                            } // end function dp() 
?>

Usage Example

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