Make var_dump look pretty

Question

I have a simple $_GET[] query var set for showing testing data when pulling down queries from the DB.

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Answer 1

Here is my function to have a pretty var_dump. Combined with Xdebug, it helps a lot to have a better view of what we are dumping.

I improved a bit the display of Xdebug (give some space around, separator between values, wrap long variables, etc).

When you call the function, you can set a title, a background, a text color to distinguish all your var_dump in a page.

Or not ;)

/**
 * Pretty var_dump 
 * Possibility to set a title, a background-color and a text color
 */ 
function dump($data, $title="", $background="#EEEEEE", $color="#000000"){

    //=== Style  
    echo "  
    
    ";

    //=== Content            
    echo "
";
    echo    "
$title
";
            var_dump($data); 
    echo "
";

}