Change var_dump to return information

IIRC, something like:
ob_start(); var_dump($obj); $debug_info_obj = ob_get_clean(); would do
the trick.

Thanks,

Xavier

Hi,

I got in mind, that it might be interesting for debug purpose,
to obtain information like the output of var_dump() to a string.

Really would be nice being able to have something like
$debug_info_obj = var_dump($obj);

or even by introducing a new function like $info=var_info($var);

What do you think about it?

Regards
Dennis Sterzenbach
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Xavier Spriet xavier@wuug.org
The Windsor Unix Users Group

On Sun, 28 Sep 2003 23:51:12 +0200
"Dennis Sterzenbach" dennis@darknoise.homeip.net wrote:

Hi,

I got in mind, that it might be interesting for debug purpose,
to obtain information like the output of var_dump() to a string.

Really would be nice being able to have something like
$debug_info_obj = var_dump($obj);

or even by introducing a new function like $info=var_info($var);

What do you think about it?

I think you can use var_export(); in this case.

WBR,
Antony Dovgal aka tony2001
tony2001@phpclub.net