note 77221 added to function.var-dump
| From: | vendiddy at gmail dot com | Date: | Mon, 20 Aug 2007 18:54:33 +0000 |
| Subject: | note 77221 added to function.var-dump | ||
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I made a function that I use instead of var_dump. It works well for hierarchical data. The trick is
to used nested tables.
May not be the best code but it's not that long so you could improve/modify it. Don't
think it will work if any self-referencing is involved.
<?php
function variable_to_html($variable) {
if ($variable === true) {
return 'true';
} else if ($variable === false) {
return 'false';
} else if ($variable === null) {
return 'null';
} else if (is_array($variable)) {
$html = "<table border=\"1\">\n";
$html .=
"<thead><tr><td><b>KEY</b></td><td><b>VALUE</b></td></tr></thead>\n";
$html .= "<tbody>\n";
foreach ($variable as $key => $value) {
$value = variable_to_html($value);
$html .= "<tr><td>$key</td><td>$value</td></tr>\n";
}
$html .= "</tbody>\n";
$html .= "</table>";
return $html;
} else {
return strval($variable);
}
}
?>
Try it with this completely made-up data:
<?php
$meeting = array(
'title' => 'Sales Meeting',
'start_time' => array(
'hours' => 11,
'minutes' => 15,
'ampm' => 'am'
),
'end_time' => array(
'hours' => 1,
'minutes' => 30,
'ampm' => 'pm'
),
'attendees' => array(
array('first_name' => 'Bob', 'last_name' => 'Smith',
'email' => 'bobsmith@email.com'),
array('first_name' => 'James', 'last_name' =>
'Andrews', 'email' => 'jamesandrews@email.com'),
array('first_name' => 'Tom', 'last_name' =>
'Schmoe', 'email' => 'bobsmith@email.com')
)
);
echo variable_to_html($meeting);
?>
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