Pretty print php objects. Need php 7.2 or newer.

pretty.php

<?php

// Returns a string containing the type, and value in prettyfied JSON, of the argument.
function pretty ($var) {
  return gettype($var) . ' ' . json_encode(
    $var,
    JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES |       // Don't escape forward slashes. stripslashes() could be used afterwards instead
    JSON_UNESCAPED_UNICODE |       // Print unicode characters insteas of their encoding "€" vs "\u20ac"
    JSON_PRETTY_PRINT |            // Nice layout over several lines, human readable
    JSON_PARTIAL_OUTPUT_ON_ERROR | // Substitute whatever can not be printed
    JSON_INVALID_UTF8_SUBSTITUTE   // Convert invalid UTF-8 characters to \0xfffd (Unicode Character 'REPLACEMENT CHARACTER')
  );                               // Constants: https://www.php.net/manual/en/json.constants.php
}

$argsObj = (object) [
  'operation' => 'acquireNext',
  'args' => [
    'workerIntegration' => 1,
    'workerType' => '2',
    'jobStatus' => 'scheduled'
  ],
  'caller' => __FILE__ . ':' . __LINE__
];
echo "argsObj pretty: " . pretty($argsObj) . PHP_EOL;

echo "print_r: ";
print_r($argsObj);

echo "var_dump: ";
var_dump($argsObj);
?>