Req #73811 [NEW]: allow var_dump to return output as string

From: pjvleeuwen at gmail dot com Operating system: n/a PHP version: 7.1.0 Package: SPL related Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description:allow var_dump to return output as string Description: ------------ Please allow var_dump to return the output as a string instead of printing. Basically adding the same $return parameter and behavior as for var_export and print_r. Adding this parameter would be fully backwards compatible. -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=73811&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73811&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73811&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73811&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73811&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73811&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73811&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73811&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73811&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73811&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73811&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73811&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73811&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73811&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73811&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73811&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73811&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73811&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73811&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73811&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73811&r=mysqlcfg