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Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2015 00:34:20 +0000
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] New function proposal
From: korvinszanto@gmail.com (Korvin Szanto)

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I agree with Ben on this, I personally use var_dump();exit; in my code a
lot, but there's no reason this needs to be in the core and not in userland=
:

function dd(...$args) {
    var_dump(...$args);
    exit;
}

On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 5:24 PM Kris Childress <kris@nivenly.com> wrote:

> Mattias,
>
> As an avid user of var_dump($something); die(); I think this is a
> *fabulous*
>  idea!
>
> Laravel has a good idea with dd(), I would like to see something that is
> quick and easy to type, that we can throw anything at.. Maybe something
> similar (basic example) to the following :
>
>
>
> function dd($anything)
> {
>
>     var_dump(func_get_args());
>
>     die(1);
>
> }
>
> Or something along those lines..
>
> What does the gang think?
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 9:05 AM, Mattias Gonzalez <
> mattiasgonzalez@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I wanted to propose the "var_die($var)" functionallity.
> > My mates and i use a lot var_dump($var);die;
> >
> > Since die() wont print an array just a string, i think it=C2=B4ll be ve=
ry
> > useful.
> >
> > It should do the var_dump($var);and die();
> >
> > what do you think?
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Kris Childress
>

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