Re: PHP 4.0 Bug #5714: print_r() or/and var_dump() into a string

Look into the output buffering functions (ob_*()). There's no intention to add the ability to redirect each and every PHP function into a string; The output buffering give you a generic interface for that. You can see their prototypes at http://www.zend.com/phpfunc/ Zeev On 20 Jul 2000 Dante@altmuehlnet.de wrote: > From: Dante@altmuehlnet.de > Operating system: Linux / Win98 / Win2000 > PHP version: 4.0.0 > PHP Bug Type: Feature/Change Request > Bug description: print_r() or/and var_dump() into a string > > print_r() and var_dump() are very usefull for debugging! > > I have an extra class for errors, for logging and so on... > I would be very usefull when print_r() and/or var_dump() could return a string containig the > informaition, cause normally will be directly printed to screen, and I can't bring that into an > log-file. > I can read out the information by self (while...each($object)), but if print_r() and/or > var_dump() directly could do this it would be more better. > > Bye & Thanks > Dante > > > -- Zeev Suraski <zeev@zend.com> http://www.zend.com/