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Dump one or more variables to the screen or into a log file.

Description

This is a convenience wrapper around PHP's print_r() function with the ability to:

• inspect multiple variables at once
• dump the output right into a log file
• provide calling context
• show less verbose output
• format output depending on the output channel (html, cli, log)

The package provides two global functions debug_dump() and debug_log() that can be called from elsewhere within a PHP project without explicit import. Yet, a log file must be configured in order to use debug_log().

Example

<?php

require_once __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';

$string = 'This is a text string';

class Animal
{
    public $name = 'camel';
    protected $version = '2 humps';
    private $hidden = 'do not feed';
}

$object = (object) [
    'key' => 'value',
    'foos' => [
        'bar1',
        'bar2'
    ]
];

debug_dump($string, $object, new Animal());
// debug_log($string, $object, new Animal());

HTML output debug_dump() and print_r()

Log example

Installation

Install via composer as usual:

composer require afeefa/debug-dump-log

Using the debug_log function requires a little log file configuration you can read about in the documentation.

Documentation

https://afeefa-debug-dump-log.readthedocs.io

Why this library?

It is not always possible or appropriate to configure a huge debugging or logging framework overhead around a small or short time project. This library is made for the everyday life, just plug in and use, work on the project, not on the configuration.