joomla specific.md

// Get the whole Joomla! application if you're not already doing so.

$app = JFactory::getApplication();

nice columns

echo "<pre>" . print_r($params) . "</pre>";

print_r or var_dump

// Shows human readable list of items in array
echo print_r($params);

// Shows list of items as well as their type e.g. boolean, integer, string...
echo var_dump($params);