pretty function for debugging php arrays, objects, variables. etc

debug.php

function debug($content, $comments=false) {
	$backtrace = debug_backtrace();
	$calling_file = $backtrace[0]['file'];
	$calling_line = $backtrace[0]['line'];

	if ($comments) {
		// prints the content inside an html comment, requiring user to view source to read it
		$prefix = "<!--" . "\r\n" . $calling_file . " line " . $calling_line . "\r\n";
		$suffix = "\r\n" . "-->" . "\r\n";
	} else {
		$prefix = '<div style="width: 100%; text-align:left;" align="left">' .
			'<pre style="align: left; font-size: 0.8em;  font-family: \'Courier New\', Courier, monospace; background-color: #111; padding: 5px; color: #CCF; border: 1px solid #999;">' .
			'<span style="font-weight: bold; color: #FFA">' . $calling_file . '</span> line <span style="font-weight: bold; color: #FFA">' . $calling_line . '</span>:<br/><br/>';
		$suffix = '</pre></div>';
	}

	echo $prefix;

	switch(gettype($content)) {
		case 'array':
			print_r($content);
			break;
		case 'object':
			var_dump($content);
			break;
		default:
			echo $content;
	}

	echo $suffix;
}