note 51119 added to function.var-dump

If you're like me and uses var_dump whenever you're debugging, you might find these two "wrapper" functions helpful. This one automatically adds the PRE tags around the var_dump output so you get nice formatted arrays. <?php function var_dump_pre($mixed = null) { echo '<pre>'; var_dump($mixed); echo '</pre>'; return null; } ?> This one returns the value of var_dump instead of outputting it. <?php function var_dump_ret($mixed = null) { ob_start(); var_dump($mixed); $content = ob_get_contents(); ob_end_clean(); return $content; } ?> Fairly simple functions, but they're infinitely helpful (I use var_dump_pre() almost exclusively now). ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.var-dump.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+51119 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+51119&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+51119&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+51119&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+51119&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+51119&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+51119&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php