How can i do print_r or var_dump in a formatted manner ?

[colap]

var_dump($var); displays this=>

 

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["WP_Widget_RSS"]=> &object(WP_Widget_RSS)#187 ( { ["id_base"]=> string(3) "rss" ["name"]=> string(3) "RSS" ["widget_options"]=> array(2) { ["classname"]=> string(10) "widget_rss" ["description"]=> string(33) "Entries from any RSS or Atom feed" } ["control_options"]=> array(3) { ["id_base"]=> string(3) "rss" ["width"]=> int(400) ["height"]=> int(200) } ["number"]=> bool(false) ["id"]=> bool(false) ["updated"]=> bool(false) ["option_name"]=> string(10) "widget_rss" } ["WP_Widget_Tag_Cloud"]=> &object(WP_Widget_Tag_Cloud)#188 ( { ["id_base"]=> string(9) "tag_cloud" ["name"]=> string(9) "Tag Cloud" ["widget_options"]=> array(2) { ["classname"]=> string(16) "widget_tag_cloud" ["description"]=> string(35) "Your most used tags in cloud format" } ["control_options"]=> array(1) { ["id_base"]=> string(9) "tag_cloud" } ["number"]=> bool(false) ["id"]=> bool(false) ["updated"]=> bool(false) ["option_name"]=> string(16) "widget_tag_cloud" } ["WP_Nav_Menu_Widget"]=> &object(WP_Nav_Menu_Widget)#189 ( { ["id_base"]=> string( "nav_menu" ["name"]=> string(11) "Custom Menu" ["widget_options"]=> array(2) { ["classname"]=> string(15) "widget_nav_menu" ["description"]=> string(60) "Use this widget to add one of your custom menus as a widget." } ["control_options"]=> array(1) { ["id_base"]=> string( "nav_menu" } ["number"]=> bool(false) ["id"]=> bool(false) ["updated"]=> bool(false) ["option_name"]=> string(15) "widget_nav_menu" } } } [1]=> string(17) "_register_widgets" } ["accepted_args"]=> int(1) } } } array(1) { [10]=> array(1) { ["send_frame_options_header"]=> array(2) { ["function"]=> string(25) "send_frame_options_header" ["accepted_args"]=> int(0) } } } array(2) { [9]=> array(1) { ["wp_print_head_scripts"]=> array(2) { ["function"]=> string(21) "wp_print_head_scripts" ["accepted_args"]=> int(1) } } [10]=> array(1) { ["noindex"]=> array(2) { ["function"]=> string(7) "noindex" ["accepted_args"]=> int(1) } } } array(1) { [10]=> array(1) { ["wp_just_in_time_script_localization"]=> array(2) { ["function"]=> string(35) "wp_just_in_time_script_localization" ["accepted_args"]=> int(1) } } } 

 

How can i get the output with newline formatted ?

[PFMaBiSmAd]

Output <pre> </pre> tags around the print_r/var_dump statement.

[MasterACE14]

try:

echo "<pre>";
var_dump($var);
echo "</pre>";

 

Output <pre> </pre> tags around the print_r/var_dump statement.

beat me to it.

[colap]

Output <pre> </pre> tags around the print_r/var_dump statement.

 

Can you post the full code ?

[colap]

try:

echo "<pre>";
var_dump($var);
echo "</pre>";

 

Output <pre> </pre> tags around the print_r/var_dump statement.

beat me to it.

 

Is there any shortcut way to write these three lines ? echo '<pre>'; var_dump($var); echo '</pre>';

[MasterACE14]

not really, guess you could make your own function if you're using var_dump a lot?

function custom_vardump($var) {
  $var_dump = '';
   if(isset($var)) {
      $var_dump .= "<pre>";
      $var_dump .= var_dump($var);
      $var_dump .= "</pre>";  
   } else {
      $var_dump .= "Variable doesn't exist!";
   }
   return $var_dump;
}

$somerandomvar = array("somekey" => 'somevar');
echo custom_vardump($somerandomvar);