dmp.php

dmp.php

<? 
/**
     * Debug helper function.  This is a wrapper for var_dump() that adds
     * the <pre /> tags, cleans up newlines and indents, and runs
     * htmlentities() before output.
     *
     * @param  mixed  $var   The variable to dump.
     * @param  string $label OPTIONAL Label to prepend to output.
     * @param  bool   $echo  OPTIONAL Echo output if true.
     * @return string
     */
    public static function dmp($var, $label = null, $echo = true)
    {
        // format the label
        $label = ($label===null) ? '' : rtrim($label) . ' ';
        // var_dump the variable into a buffer and keep the output
        ob_start();
        var_dump($var);
        $output = ob_get_clean();
        // neaten the newlines and indents
        $output = preg_replace("/\]\=\>\n(\s+)/m", "] => ", $output);
        if (static::getSapi() == 'cli') {
            $output = PHP_EOL . $label
                    . PHP_EOL . $output
                    . PHP_EOL;
        } else {
            if (null !== static::$escaper) {
                $output = static::$escaper->escapeHtml($output);
            } elseif (!extension_loaded('xdebug')) {
                $output = static::getEscaper()->escapeHtml($output);
            }
            $output = '<pre>'
                    . $label
                    . $output
                    . '</pre>';
        }
        if ($echo) {
            echo $output;
        }
        return $output;
    }