note 55738 added to function.print-r

For very long arrays I have written a little function which formats an array quite nice and uses javascript for browsing it like a tree. The function is very customizable with the $style parameter. For me it's of great use for browsing large array's, for example when those are used in language-files in some script and so on. It may even be used in "real" scripts for the "real" front-end, cause the tree can very easily be styled (look at the function or the outputted source and you'll see what i mean). Here's the function: <?php function print_r_html($arr, $style = "display: none; margin-left: 10px;") { static $i = 0; $i++; echo "\n<div id=\"array_tree_$i\" class=\"array_tree\">\n"; foreach($arr as $key => $val) { switch (gettype($val)) { case "array": echo "<a onclick=\"document.getElementById('"; echo array_tree_element_$i."').style.display = "; echo "document.getElementById('array_tree_element_$i"; echo "').style.display == 'block' ?"; echo "'none' : 'block';\"\n"; echo "name=\"array_tree_link_$i\" href=\"#array_tree_link_$i\">".htmlspecialchars($key)."</a><br />\n"; echo "<div class=\"array_tree_element_\" id=\"array_tree_element_$i\" style=\"$style\">"; echo print_r_html($val); echo "</div>"; break; case "integer": echo "<b>".htmlspecialchars($key)."</b> => <i>".htmlspecialchars($val)."</i><br />"; break; case "double": echo "<b>".htmlspecialchars($key)."</b> => <i>".htmlspecialchars($val)."</i><br />"; break; case "boolean": echo "<b>".htmlspecialchars($key)."</b> => "; if ($val) { echo "true"; } else { echo "false"; } echo "<br />\n"; break; case "string": echo "<b>".htmlspecialchars($key)."</b> => <code>".htmlspecialchars($val)."</code><br />"; break; default: echo "<b>".htmlspecialchars($key)."</b> => ".gettype($val)."<br />"; break; } echo "\n"; } echo "</div>\n"; } ?> The function as it is now does not support the $return parameter as print_r does and will create an endless loop like print_r did in php-versions < 4.0.3 when there is an element which contains a reference to a variable inside of the array to print out :-/ I've tested it with PHP 5.0.6 and PHP 4.2.3 - no problems except those already mentioned. please e-mail me if you've got a solution for the problems i've mentioned, i myself are not able to solve them 'cause i don't know how the hell i can find out whether a variable is a reference or not. ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.print-r.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+55738 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+55738&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+55738&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+55738&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+55738&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: non-english -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+55738&report=yes&reason=non-english Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+55738&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+55738&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php