print_r

Name:print_r

Category:Variable processing

Programming Language:php

One-line Description:Print information about variables in a human-readable way.

Example

Print information about some variables in a more readable way:

 <span class="token php language-php"><span class="token delimiter important"><?php</span>
<span class="token variable">$a</span> <span class="token operator">=</span> <span class="token keyword">array</span> <span class="token punctuation">(</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"red"</span> <span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"green"</span> <span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"blue"</span> <span class="token punctuation">)</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>
<span class="token function">print_r</span> <span class="token punctuation">(</span> <span class="token variable">$a</span> <span class="token punctuation">)</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>

<span class="token keyword">echo</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"<br>"</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>

<span class="token variable">$b</span> <span class="token operator">=</span> <span class="token keyword">array</span> <span class="token punctuation">(</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"Peter"</span> <span class="token operator">=></span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"35"</span> <span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"Ben"</span> <span class="token operator">=></span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"37"</span> <span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"Joe"</span> <span class="token operator">=></span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"43"</span> <span class="token punctuation">)</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>
<span class="token function">print_r</span> <span class="token punctuation">(</span> <span class="token variable">$b</span> <span class="token punctuation">)</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>
<span class="token delimiter important">?></span></span>

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