note 58811 added to function.print-r

Here is a print_r that produces xml: (now you can expand/collapse the nodes in your browser) <?php header('Content-Type: text/xml; charset=UTF-8'); echo print_r_xml($some_var); function print_r_xml($arr,$first=true) { $output = ""; if ($first) $output .= "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>\n<data>\n"; foreach($arr as $key => $val) { if (is_numeric($key)) $key = "arr_".$key; // <0 is not allowed switch (gettype($val)) { case "array": $output .= "<".htmlspecialchars($key)." type='array' size='".count($val)."'>". print_r_xml($val,false)."</".htmlspecialchars($key).">\n"; break; case "boolean": $output .= "<".htmlspecialchars($key)." type='bool'>".($val?"true":"false"). "</".htmlspecialchars($key).">\n"; break; case "integer": $output .= "<".htmlspecialchars($key)." type='integer'>". htmlspecialchars($val)."</".htmlspecialchars($key).">\n"; break; case "double": $output .= "<".htmlspecialchars($key)." type='double'>". htmlspecialchars($val)."</".htmlspecialchars($key).">\n"; break; case "string": $output .= "<".htmlspecialchars($key)." type='string' size='".strlen($val)."'>". htmlspecialchars($val)."</".htmlspecialchars($key).">\n"; break; default: $output .= "<".htmlspecialchars($key)." type='unknown'>".gettype($val). "</".htmlspecialchars($key).">\n"; break; } } if ($first) $output .= "</data>\n"; return $output; } ?> ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.print-r.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+58811 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+58811&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+58811&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+58811&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+58811&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: non-english -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+58811&report=yes&reason=non-english Delete: already in docs -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+58811&report=yes&reason=already+in+docs Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+58811&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+58811&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php