try to print a pretty array

buildmessagefromarray.php

<?php

error_reporting(E_ALL);
define('OBIWANKENOBI', true);


function debug($message) {
    if (OBIWANKENOBI) {
        if (!is_array($message)) {
            printf("DEBUG :  %s\n", $message);
        } else {
            printf("START MESSAGE DEBUG -----------------------\n");
            var_dump($message);
            printf("- END MESSAGE DEBUG -----------------------\n");
        }
    }
}

function indent($value, $pad_lenght) {
    return implode("\n$pad_lenght",explode("\n", $value));
}

function buildMessageFromArray(array $array, $level=1, $lastlen=0) {
    
    if (empty($array)) {
        return '';
    }
    
    $level = (int) $level;
    
    $pad_lenght = 0;
    $tmplen = 0;
    foreach ($array as $key => $value) {
        $tmplen = strlen($key);
        if ($pad_lenght < $tmplen) {
            $pad_lenght = $tmplen;
        }
    }
    unset($tmplen,$key,$value);
    
    $prekey = $llen = '';
    $tmp='';
    foreach ($array as $key => $value) {
        if ($lastlen != 0 && $level != 1) {
            $tmpllen = '    ';
            for ($i=1; $i<$level; $llen.=$tmpllen,$i++);
            $prekey = str_pad($llen, $lastlen, ' ');
            $lastlen=0;
        }
        
        $key = $prekey . str_pad($key, $pad_lenght, ' ',STR_PAD_LEFT);
        
        if (is_array($value)) {
            $value = buildMessageFromArray($value, 1+$level, $pad_lenght);
            $tmp.="$key:\n". $value;
        } else {
            $tmp.="$key: " . indent($value, str_pad('', strlen($key)+2), ' ') . "\n";
        }
    }
    return $tmp;
}


$array = array(
    'a' => 'this is a',
    'b' => array (
        'new' => "array",
        'next'=> array(
            'new' => 'level
level
level',
            'blah' => 'same a new',
        ),
        'same' => "same as next",
        'same2' => "yah, same",
    ),
    'c' => "yah c
line yah c
line yah c
line yah c",
    'd' => 'finally'
);

echo buildMessageFromArray($array);
echo "\n\n";
print_r($array);