Making PHP var_dump() values display one line per value

Question

When I echo var_dump($_variable), I get one long, wrapping line with all varable\'s and values like

[\"kt_login_user\"]=>  string(8) \"teacher1\" [\"kt_lo         


        

Answer 1

For me the right answer was

echo '
' . var_export($var, true) . '
';

Since var_dump($var) and var_export($var) do not return a string, you have to use var_export($var, true) to force var_export to return the result as a value.