An alternative to 'var_dump'

dump.php

function dump()
{
  $args = func_get_args();

  echo "\n<pre style=\"border:1px solid #ccc;padding:10px;margin:10px;font:14px courier;background:whitesmoke;display:block;border-radius:4px;\">\n";

  $trace = debug_backtrace(false);
  $offset = (@$trace[2]['function'] === 'dump_d') ? 2 : 0;

  echo "<span style=\"color:red\">" . @$trace[1+$offset]['class'] . "</span>:" .
       "<span style=\"color:blue;\">" . @$trace[1+$offset]['function'] . "</span>:" .
       @$trace[0+$offset]['line'] . " " .
       "<span style=\"color:green;\">" . @$trace[0+$offset]['file'] . "</span>\n";

  if ( ! empty($args)) {
    echo "\n";
    call_user_func_array('var_dump', $args);
  }

  echo "</pre>\n";
}

function dump_d()
{
  call_user_func_array('dump', func_get_args());
  die();
}