Re: Simple (?) var_dump question
| From: | Chris Boget | Date: | Fri, 12 Sep 2003 16:34:26 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Simple (?) var_dump question | ||
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> > So, the above line would get a "var_dump
> > stringified" version of $foo and pass it to my
> > logger's debug method.
> You need to use output buffering to capture the output with var_dump.
> Or you can use print_r(), which will give you a similar output and can be
> returned to a varible.
Not true. You have to use output buffering for print_r() as well. print_r()
just returns a boolean value.
It'd be nice if you could have it so that either (or both) print_r() or var_dump()
could return a value w/o using buffering...
Chris