Re: var_dump_html()

In my opinion is good idea but Derick has rason, is better if var_dump_html colorise the output :-) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marco Tabini" <marcot@tabini.ca> To: "Derick Rethans" <derick@php.net> Cc: <internals@lists.php.net> Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 5:13 PM Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] var_dump_html() > My only consideration is that most people use var_dump in a web > environment--hence it seems counterintuitive to have to enclose the > function in additional HTML tags. > > Cheers! > > On Thu, 2003-07-03 at 11:09, Derick Rethans wrote: > > On Thu, 3 Jul 2003, Marco Tabini wrote: > > > > > Not sure if this interest anyone, but the attached patch adds a function > > > called var_dump_html() that performs the same functionality as > > > var_dump(), except that it outputs HTML instead of plain text. > > > var_dump() is a bit impractical to use in a web environment, IMO. > > > > We already have three functions for dumping debug info (var_dump, > > var_export and print_r). The latter two can be used like: > > > > echo "<pre>". var_export($var, TRUE). "</pre>"; > > > > I don't think that we should add another here. > > > > regards, > > Derick > -- > > Marco Tabini > President > > Marco Tabini & Associates, Inc. > 28 Bombay Avenue > Toronto, ON M3H 1B7 > Canada > > Phone: (416) 630-6202 > Fax: (416) 630-5057 > Web: http://www.tabini.ca > > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >