Is there a Pretty Print Stack Dump?

Question

Let\'s face it, debug_backtrace() output is not very pretty. Did anyone code a wrapper?

And what\'s your favourite pretty var_dump() (which is

Answer 1

You also have kint (github repo) which has a composer package on the packagist repository

So either download the library manually or with composer, it's just a matter of :

$ composer init
$ composer require raveren/kint
$ composer install

Then, instead of ini_set('display_errors', 'On');, I prefer to use this simple handler in my main (first) include file :

if (  getenv('__project_env__') === 'DEV') {

  error_reporting(E_ALL | E_STRICT);

  function shutdown_handler() {
    $error = error_get_last();
    Kint::trace();
    Kint::dump($error);
  }
  register_shutdown_function('shutdown_handler');

} else {
 ...
}

With __project_env__ being set in Apache's Virtualhost (SetEnv __project_env__ "DEV") so as not to pollute the different branches of the git repository where the project lives with configuration items which are by essence environmental

• In DEV : i get my debugging
• In PROD, it's silent by default

Here is a screenshot of how the trace looks (each step is collapsible):

_{(source: github.io)}