How do I properly use print_r or var_dump?

Question

I use the following snippet quite often when I am debugging:

echo \"
\" . var_dump($var) . \"
\";

And I find I usually

Answer 1

var_dump always show you array in formatted data but too much extra stuff

var_dump($data);

but if you want formatted data here you need to use

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echo '
';
print_r($data);
echo '
';