I'm fixing some PHP scripts and I'm missing ruby's pretty printer. i.e.
require 'pp'
arr = {:one => 1}
pp arr
will output {:one => 1}. This even works with fairly complex objects and makes digging into an unknown script much easier. Is there some way to duplicate this functionality in PHP?
error_log(print_r($variable,true));
to send to syslog or eventlog for windows
If you're doing more debugging, Xdebug is essential. By default it overrides var_dump() with it's own version which displays a lot more information than PHP's default var_dump().
There's also Zend_Debug.
I use this function for debugging:
function pre($pre=true) {
if($pre) {
echo "<pre>";
}
foreach(func_get_args as $arg) {
print_r($arg);
# or, if it pleases you more:
# var_dump(arg);
}
if($pre) {
echo "<pre>";
}
}
This way you don't have to
pre($arrayOne);
pre($arrayTwo);
But in one go:
pre($arrayOne, $arrayTwo);
Or as many arguments you give it.