Make var_dump look pretty
To make the output of var_dump()
more readable, you can use the following approaches:
Use a browser extension such as "PHP Var Dump Script" for Chrome, which will automatically parse and format
var_dump()
output in the browser.Use a third-party library such as "krumo" or "xdebug", which provide more advanced formatting and analysis capabilities for
var_dump()
output.Use
print_r()
instead ofvar_dump()
, as it formats the output in a more readable way. You can also pass a second argument oftrue
toprint_r()
to return the output as a string rather than printing it.
For example:
<?php
$data = ['a', 'b', 'c'];
echo '<pre>';
print_r($data);
echo '</pre>';
This will output the array in a more readable format, with each key and value on its own line and indented appropriately.
Note: The <pre>
HTML tag is used to preserve whitespace and font formatting in the output.