pematt

<?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