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philsown on 07/15/11


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Dump function for when there's no xDebug present.

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For when xDebug is not enabled and you want to echo/dump a variable.

Shorter than: 

 var_dump($something); exit;
if you use the $exit argument.

Also shorter than: 

echo "<pre>"; var_dump($something); echo "</pre>"; exit;
too.

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  1. function dump($var, $exit = false) {
  2.   if(is_string($var) && '' == $var) {
  3.     $var = 'string(0) ""';
  4.   } elseif(is_array($var) && empty($var)) {
  5.     $var = 'array(0) empty';
  6.   } elseif(is_bool($var)) {
  7.     $var = 'boolean ' . ((true === $var) ? 'true' : 'false');
  8.   } elseif(null === $var) {
  9.     $var = 'null';
  10.   }
  11.  
  12.   echo '<pre>', print_r($var, true), '</pre>';
  13.  
  14.   if(true == $exit) {
  15.     exit('<pre>dump exit</pre>');
  16.   }
  17. }

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