Quick Debugging Functions for your PHP Application

functions.php

/**
 * Print with formatting and Die. Used for debugging purpose.
 *
 * @author Soubhik Chatterjee
 * @param string $text
 * @param string $label
 */
function prd($text   = '', $label = ''){
	echo '<pre>',"\n";
	echo '==', $label, '==', "\n";
	print_r($text);
	echo "\n",'</pre>', "\n\n";
	exit;
}

/**
 * Short function for print_r() with formatting. Used for debugging purpose.
 *
 * @author Soubhik Chatterjee
 * @param string $text
 * @param string $label
 */
function pr($text, $label = ''){
	echo '<pre>',"\n";
	echo '==', $label, '==', "\n";
	print_r($text);
	echo "\n",'</pre>', "\n\n";
}

/**
 * Prints all specified arguments with their variable name
 *
 * @author Soubhik Chatterjee
 *
 * @param  ...
 */
function pra()
{
	$args = func_get_args();

	if (_is_array($args)) {
		$counter = 1;
		foreach ($args as $val) {
			pr($val, $counter);
			$counter++;
		}
	}

}

/**
 * Prints all specified arguments with their variable name and exits
 *
 * @author Soubhik Chatterjee
 *
 * @param  ...
 */
function prad()
{
	$args = func_get_args();

	if (_is_array($args)) {
		$counter = 1;
		foreach ($args as $val) {
			pr($val, $counter);
			$counter++;
		}
	}
	exit;
}

/**
 * var dumps and dies
 *
 * @author Soubhik Chatterjee
 * @param string $text
 * @param string $label
 */
function vd($text, $label = ''){
	echo '<pre>',"\n";
	echo '==', $label, '==', "\n";
	var_dump($text);
	echo "\n",'</pre>', "\n\n";
}


/**
 * var dumps and dies
 *
 * @author Soubhik Chatterjee
 * @param string $text
 * @param string $label
 */
function vdd($text, $label = ''){
	echo '<pre>',"\n";
	echo '==', $label, '==', "\n";
	var_dump($text);
	echo "\n",'</pre>', "\n\n";
	exit;
}

/**
 * Logs any data
 *
 * @author Soubhik Chatterjee
 * @param mixed $data
 * @param string $label
 */
function logg($data, $label = '') {
	$file = '/Users/soubhik/Documents/tmp/my-errors.log';
	error_log('========' . $label . '========' . "\n", 3, $file);
	error_log(json_encode($data) . "\n", 3, $file);
	error_log( '========' . $label . '========'. "\n\n", 3, $file);
}

/**
 * @author Soubhik Chatterjee <soubhik.chatterjee@kayako.com>
 * @param mixed $data
 * @return string
 */
function pt($data)
{
	if (is_object($data)) {
		echo get_class($data);
	} else if (is_bool($data)) {
		var_dump($data);
	} else if (is_array($data)) {
		pr($data);
	} else {
		echo $data . ' [' . gettype($data) . ']';
	}

}


/**
 * @author Soubhik Chatterjee <soubhik.chatterjee@kayako.com>
 * @param mixed $data
 * @return string
 */
function ptd($data)
{
	if (is_object($data)) {
		echo get_class($data);
	} else if (is_bool($data)) {
		var_dump($data);
	} else if (is_array($data)) {
		pr($data);
	} else {
		echo $data . ' [' . gettype($data) . ']';
	}

	exit(0);
}