note 97901 added to function.print-r

Hi all, here is a function that will display any variable, including objects, as XML so you can expand and collapse in browsers etc. Note that it will output all variables, not just public ones. <?php /** * Will output in a similar form to print_r, but the nodes are xml so can be collapsed in browsers * * @param mixed $mixed */ function print_r_xml($mixed) { // capture the output of print_r $out = print_r($mixed, true); // Replace the root item with a struct // MATCH : '<start>element<newline> (' $root_pattern = '/[ \t]*([a-z0-9 \t_]+)\n[ \t]*\(/i'; $root_replace_pattern = '<struct name="root" type="\\1">'; $out = preg_replace($root_pattern, $root_replace_pattern, $out, 1); // Replace array and object items structs // MATCH : '[element] => <newline> (' $struct_pattern = '/[ \t]*\[([^\]]+)\][ \t]*\=\>[ \t]*([a-z0-9 \t_]+)\n[ \t]*\(/miU'; $struct_replace_pattern = '<struct name="\\1" type="\\2">'; $out = preg_replace($struct_pattern, $struct_replace_pattern, $out); // replace ')' on its own on a new line (surrounded by whitespace is ok) with '</var> $out = preg_replace('/^\s*\)\s*$/m', '</struct>', $out); // Replace simple key=>values with vars // MATCH : '[element] => value<newline>' $var_pattern = '/[ \t]*\[([^\]]+)\][ \t]*\=\>[ \t]*([a-z0-9 \t_\S]+)/i'; $var_replace_pattern = '<var name="\\1">\\2</var>'; $out = preg_replace($var_pattern, $var_replace_pattern, $out); $out = trim($out); $out='<?xml version="1.0"?><data>'.$out.'</data>'; return $out; } ?> ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 213.131.162.123 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.print-r.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/97901 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/97901/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/97901/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/97901/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/97901/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/97901/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/97901/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/97901 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/97901 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php