What is the JavaScript equivalent of var_dump or print_r in PHP? [duplicate]

Answer 1

You could also try this function. Can't remember the original author, but all credits goes to him/her.

Works like a charm - 100% the same as var_dump in PHP.

Check it out.

function dump(arr,level) {
	var dumped_text = "";
	if(!level) level = 0;

	//The padding given at the beginning of the line.
	var level_padding = "";
	for(var j=0;j \"" + value + "\"\n";
			}
		}
	} else { //Stings/Chars/Numbers etc.
		dumped_text = "===>"+arr+"<===("+typeof(arr)+")";
	}
	return dumped_text;
}


// Example:

var employees = [
    { id: '1', sex: 'm', city: 'Paris' }, 
    { id: '2', sex: 'f', city: 'London' },
    { id: '3', sex: 'f', city: 'New York' },
    { id: '4', sex: 'm', city: 'Moscow' },
    { id: '5', sex: 'm', city: 'Berlin' }
]


// Open dev console (F12) to see results:

console.log(dump(employees));