note 86932 added to function.debug-print-backtrace

I like the output of debug_print_backtrace() but I sometimes want it as a string. bortuzar's solution to use output buffering is great, but I'd like to factorize that into a function. Doing that however always results in whatever function name I use appearing at the top of the stack which is redundant. Below is my noddy (simple) solution. If you don't care for renumbering the call stack, omit the second preg_replace(). function debug_string_backtrace() { ob_start(); debug_print_backtrace(); $trace = ob_get_contents(); ob_end_clean(); // Remove first item from backtrace as it's this function which // is redundant. $trace = preg_replace ('/^#0\s+' . __FUNCTION__ . "[^\n]*\n/", '', $trace, 1); // Renumber backtrace items. $trace = preg_replace ('/^#(\d+)/me', '\'#\' . ($1 - 1)', $trace); return $trace; } ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 122.104.173.226 (proxied: 127.0.0.1) ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.debug-print-backtrace.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/86932 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/86932/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/86932/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/86932/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/86932/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/86932/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/86932/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/86932 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/86932 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php