I have a simple $_GET[]
query var set for showing testing data when pulling down queries from the DB.
<?php if($_GET['test']): ?> <div id="test" style="padding: 24px; background: #fff; text-align: center;"> <table> <tr style="font-weight: bold;"><td>MLS</td></tr> <tr><td><?php echo KEY; ?></td></tr> <tr style="font-weight: bold;"><td>QUERY</td></tr> <tr><td><?php echo $data_q; ?></td></tr> <tr style="font-weight: bold;"><td>DATA</td></tr> <tr><td><?php var_dump($data); ?></td></tr> </table> </div> <?php endif; ?>
When I do var_dump
, as expected it’s this big array string that is all smushed together. Is there a way to add in line breaks at least for this or display the var_dump
in a way that’s more readable? I’m open to jQuery suggestions on manipulating the string after it’s posted.
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Answer
I really love var_export()
. If you like copy/paste-able code, try:
echo '<pre>' . var_export($data, true) . '</pre>';
Or even something like this for color syntax highlighting:
highlight_string("<?phpn$data =n" . var_export($data, true) . ";n?>");
You can do the same with print_r()
. For var_dump()
you would just need to add the <pre>
tags:
echo '<pre>'; var_dump($data); echo '</pre>';