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PHP function for displaying the full contents of a variable - a customisable var_dump
<?php
/**
* Recursively iterates over $var, displaying each
* property/variable contained within
* @param mixed $var Variable of any type
* @param boolean $displayTypes Whether to display the types along with values
* @param integer $depth private var for telling how deep we are
* @return null always returns null
*/
function display($var, $displayTypes = True, $depth = 0){
$add = '';
if($displayTypes){
if(is_object($var)){
echo 'Object: ' . get_class($var);
} else {
echo sprintf('%-7s',gettype($var));
}
$add = ' ';
}
if(isIterable($var)){
if($depth>0 || $displayTypes) echo "\n";
if($displayTypes){
echo $add.str_repeat(' ', $depth)."(\n";
}
foreach($var as $key => $val){
echo str_repeat(' ', $depth);
if($displayTypes){
echo str_repeat($add, 2);
echo sprintf('%-7s',gettype($key));
echo ' ';
}
if(is_string($key)){
echo '["'.$key.'"]';
} else {
echo '['.$key.']';
}
echo " => ";
display($val, $displayTypes, $depth+1);
}
if($displayTypes){
echo "".$add.str_repeat(' ', $depth).")\n";
}
} else {
if($displayTypes){
echo ' ';
}
if(is_string($var)){
echo '"'.$var . "\"\n";
} else {
echo $var . "\n";
}
}
return null;
}
/**
* Determines if a variable is iterable or not
* @param mixed $var The input variable...
* @return boolean Whether we can iterate over it or not
*/
function isIterable($var) {
set_error_handler(function ($errno, $errstr, $errfile, $errline, array $errcontext)
{
throw new \ErrorException($errstr, null, $errno, $errfile, $errline);
});
try {
foreach ($var as $v) {
break;
}
} catch (\ErrorException $e) {
restore_error_handler();
return false;
}
restore_error_handler();
return true;
}
?>
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