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

I wrote a function (debug_display) which can print, arrays, objects, and file info in pretty way.

Idea Debug Method : 
        
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    if(is_bool($var)) {
        echo $var === TRUE ? 'Boolean(TRUE)' : 'Boolean(FALSE)';
    }else {
        if(FALSE == empty($var) && $var !== NULL && $var != '0') {
            if(is_array($var)) {
                echo "Number of Indexes: " . count($var) . "\n";
                print_r($var);
            } elseif(is_object($var)) {
                print_r($var);
            } elseif(@is_file($var)){
                $stat = stat($var);
                $perm = substr(sprintf('%o',$stat['mode']), -4);
                $accesstime = gmdate('Y/m/d H:i:s', $stat['atime']);
                $modification = gmdate('Y/m/d H:i:s', $stat['mtime']);
                $change = gmdate('Y/m/d H:i:s', $stat['ctime']);
                echo "
    file path : $var
    file size : {$stat['size']} Byte
    device number : {$stat['dev']}
    permission : {$perm}
    last access time was : {$accesstime}
    last modified time was : {$modification}
    last change time was : {$change}
    ";
            }elseif(is_string($var)) {
                print_r(htmlentities(str_replace("\t", '  ', $var)));
            }  else {
                print_r($var);
            }
        }else {
            echo 'Undefined';
        }
    }
    echo '