Re: Finer points of debugging: vardump vs. print_r

Hi Morgan, You tip is fantastic. Will post it (with your permission) at my weblog, http://php.weblogs.com/ tomorrow. Regards, John "Morgan Curley" <mcurley@e4media.com> wrote in message news:4.3.2.7.2.20010409161456.01e24f08@e4media.com... > I generally include the following function: > function dump( $label, $input ){ > echo( "<PRE>" ); > echo( "<H2>$label</H2>\n" ); > print_r( $input ); > echo( "</PRE>" ); > return 1; > } > > or if you like javascript this pops up an alert wherever you insert the > dump call in your page > function dump( $label, $input ){ > ob_start(); > print_r( $input ); > $gc = ob_get_contents(); > ob_end_clean(); > > $gc = preg_replace( "/'/", "\\'", $gc ); > $gc = preg_replace( '/\n/', '\\n', $gc ); > echo( "<script>alert( '$label\\n".$gc."' > );</script>" ); > return 1; > } > > then for simple debugging I call > dump( "My Label", $my_var ); > > With the javascript you can do some cool things like having divs generated > per $label. > > morgan > > > > At 02:26 PM 4/9/2001, you wrote: > >Just a question that has been besetting me for a while: > > > >which is better for debugging -- vardump( ) or print( ) ? > > > >Does anyone have a preference? Why? Is one better than the other? > >Thanks for answering this prickly question! > > > >John Lim > > > > > > > >-- > >PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > >For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > >To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >