var_dump

Example

Dump information about different variables:

 <span class="token php language-php"><span class="token delimiter important"><?php</span>
<span class="token variable">$a</span> <span class="token operator">=</span> <span class="token number">32</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>
<span class="token keyword">echo</span> <span class="token function">var_dump</span> <span class="token punctuation">(</span> <span class="token variable">$a</span> <span class="token punctuation">)</span> <span class="token operator">.</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"<br>"</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>

<span class="token variable">$b</span> <span class="token operator">=</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"Hello world!"</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>
<span class="token keyword">echo</span> <span class="token function">var_dump</span> <span class="token punctuation">(</span> <span class="token variable">$b</span> <span class="token punctuation">)</span> <span class="token operator">.</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"<br>"</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>

<span class="token variable">$c</span> <span class="token operator">=</span> <span class="token number">32.5</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>
<span class="token keyword">echo</span> <span class="token function">var_dump</span> <span class="token punctuation">(</span> <span class="token variable">$c</span> <span class="token punctuation">)</span> <span class="token operator">.</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"<br>"</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>

<span class="token variable">$d</span> <span class="token operator">=</span> <span class="token keyword">array</span> <span class="token punctuation">(</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"red"</span> <span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"green"</span> <span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"blue"</span> <span class="token punctuation">)</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>
<span class="token keyword">echo</span> <span class="token function">var_dump</span> <span class="token punctuation">(</span> <span class="token variable">$d</span> <span class="token punctuation">)</span> <span class="token operator">.</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"<br>"</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>

<span class="token variable">$e</span> <span class="token operator">=</span> <span class="token keyword">array</span> <span class="token punctuation">(</span> <span class="token number">32</span> <span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"Hello world!"</span> <span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token number">32.5</span> <span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token keyword">array</span> <span class="token punctuation">(</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"red"</span> <span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"green"</span> <span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"blue"</span> <span class="token punctuation">)</span> <span class="token punctuation">)</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>
<span class="token keyword">echo</span> <span class="token function">var_dump</span> <span class="token punctuation">(</span> <span class="token variable">$e</span> <span class="token punctuation">)</span> <span class="token operator">.</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"<br>"</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>

<span class="token comment">// Dump two variables</span>
<span class="token keyword">echo</span> <span class="token function">var_dump</span> <span class="token punctuation">(</span> <span class="token variable">$a</span> <span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token variable">$b</span> <span class="token punctuation">)</span> <span class="token operator">.</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"<br>"</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>
<span class="token delimiter important">?></span></span>

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