Bug #11798 Updated: "svar_dump()" wanted

ID: 11798 Updated by: derick Reported By: oyvindmo@initio.no Old Status: Closed Status: Open Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Operating System: any PHP Version: 4.0 Latest CVS (2001-06-29) New Comment: var_export does not do this, it merely has a different format then var_dump, so that it is correct PHP code. Derick Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2001-12-09 07:33:44] sander@php.net Derick just added a new function called var_export which does exactly what you want. It will be in PHP-4.2.0. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2001-06-29 05:54:42] oyvindmo@initio.no It would be very nice to have a var_dump() that returns the variable dump as a string instead of printing it. Using var_dump() for verbose logging is mighty handy, but having to (ab)use output buffering to catch the var dump feels bad. (I looked briefly at the implementation of var_dump(), and making a "svar_dump()" seemed out of my C league, unfortunately.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=11798&edit=1