kieranbarnes

Here’s a nicer version of the print_r() function that displays much better on web pages.

function dump($in) {
ob_start();
$out= "<pre>";
print_r($in);
$out.= ob_get_contents();
ob_end_clean();
$out.= "</pre>";
return $out;
}

Usage:

echo $out;

It should print something that is actually readable, as opposed to the built in print_r() function that provides no line breaks in a browser.

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