Sending “var_dump” to FireBug console

Question

As you know var_dump() in addition to value show its data type and length.

Is there any way to log its output to

Answer 1

FirePHP does the job well + you can use it while you're developing Ajax.

Sample code:

require_once('FirePHPCore/fb.php'); # add the library

fb($var); #log the variable
fb( var_export($var,true) ); # log the variable with the var_export format

If you're passing an array to it, you can click it from your console and it will open a popup on your screen. You can even expand/collapse arrays and objects.

EDIT: If you're looking for data types and length, use var_dump().

fb( var_dump( array(
    1,
    'a',
    true
  ) ) );