Very stupid but useful PHP functions

utilities.php

<?php
/* VERY SIMPLE UTILITIES */
/* ************************************** */

/*  
*   PRINT OBJECT/ARRAY
*   Print and object or array inside <pre></pre> tags
*/
function printObject($object) {
    echo "<pre>";
    print_r($object);
    echo "</pre>";
}
// Just an alias
function printArray($object) {
    printObject($object)
}

/*  
*   SHOW PHP ERRORS
*   Change PHP ini set for error showing
*/
function showErrors() {
    ini_set('display_errors', 1);
    ini_set('display_startup_errors', 1);
    error_reporting(E_ALL);
}

/*  
*   SANITIZE STRING
*   Change a string to lowercase and remove white spaces
*   $no_space can be one of FALSE or another symbol for white space substituion 
*/
function sanitizeString($string, $lowercase = TRUE , $no_space = "") {
    if ($no_space != FALSE) {
        $string = str_replace(" ",$no_space,$string);
    }
    if ($no_space != FALSE) {
        $string = strtolower($string);
    }
    return $string;
}