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

Well, print_r() is used to print and array, but in order to display the array in a pretty way you also need html tags.

Just do the following:

echo "
";
print_r($data);
echo "
";