A few debug functions based on a function I got off php.net (original function is included - it is from user notes on php.net)
By : Taoism
<?php
/**
* a variable to control whether debug code is displayed or not
*
* @param boolean $debug boolean to toggle debug code showing or not showing
*
*/
$debug=true;
//$debug=false;
/**
* simple debug function
*
* got this function from the user-feedback section for the
* print_r php function on www.php.net
* its very useful for debugging
*
* @param mixed $call a variable to be dumped for display
* @param string $cname a string to describe variable being dumped
*
*
*/
function dp($call,$cname) {
global $debug;
if($debug){
echo "<br/>".$cname.":<pre>";
if(!is_array($call)){$call=htmlspecialchars($call);}
print_r($call);
if(is_array($call)){reset($call);}
echo "</pre><hr/>\n";
}//end function dp() ======================
}//end dp
/**
* a function to display multiple variables side-by-side
*
* an extended version of dp()
* it takes an array in and dynamically creates variable names
* based on the array passed in so that side-by-side
* comparissons of variables can be done.
* this is most useful for comparing scopes...
* i.e. the $_POST scope to the $_SESSION scope...
* example of a call:
* dpa(array('xvar'=>'$xvar','AUTH'=>'$AUTH','tmp_AUTH_admin'=>'$tmp_AUTH_admin','x'=>'array_intersect($AUTH["xvar"],$xvar)'));
* Note that the key=>val pairs are VARNAME=>LABLE_TO_DESCRIBE.
* The varname has no $ so that it can be dynamically called within the function
*
* @author Keith Young
* @version 1.0
* @param array $dbug an array of key=>var pairs where the key is a variable name with no $, and the var is a lable to describe the key
* @global boolean $debug used to check if the function should run or not
* @global mixed $key this is a mixed data type based on the key value of the array passed in.
*
* @see dp()
*
*/
function dpa($dbug) {
global $debug;
echo '<br/>';
foreach($dbug as $key=>$val){global ${$key};}
if($debug){
$rspan=count($dbug);
($rspan==0)?$colpct=100:$colpct=100/$rspan;
echo '<table cellspacing="2" cellpadding="5" width="75%" style="background-color:black;">'."\n";
echo '<tr><th colspan="'.$rspan.'" style="background-color:lightgrey;font-size:11pt; font-family:"Verdana";font-weight:bold;color:black;"> D E B U G : </th></tr>'."\n";
echo '<tr>'."\n";
foreach($dbug as $key=>$val){
echo '<td width="'.$colpct.'%" valign="top" style="background-color:white;font-size:8pt; font-family:"Verdana";font-weight:normal;color:black;">'."\n";
echo '<span style="background-color:white;font-size:10pt; font-family:"Verdana";font-weight:bold;color:blue;">"'.$val.'":</span> <pre>'."\n";
if(!is_array(${$key})){${$key}=htmlspecialchars(${$key});}
print_r(${$key});
if(is_array(${$key})){reset(${$key});}
echo '</pre>'."\n";
echo '</td>'."\n";
}
echo '</tr></table><hr width="75%" align="left">'."\n";
}
}//end function dpa()
/**
* a function to display multiple variables side-by-side with the datatype of each variable displayed as well
*
* an extended version of dp()
* it takes an array in and dynamically creates variable names based on the array passed in so that side-by-side
* comparissons of variables can be done.
* this is most useful for comparing scopes...
* i.e. the $_POST scope to the $_SESSION scope...
* This function also displays the datatype of each variable
* example of a call:
* dpa(array('xvar'=>'$xvar','AUTH'=>'$AUTH','tmp_AUTH_admin'=>'$tmp_AUTH_admin','x'=>'array_intersect($AUTH["xvar"],$xvar)'));
* Note that the key=>val pairs are VARNAME=>LABLE_TO_DESCRIBE.
* The varname has no $ so that it can be dynamically called within the function
*
* @author Keith Young
* @version 1.0
* @param array $dbug an array of key=>var pairs where the key is a variable name with no $, and the var is a lable to describe the key
* @global boolean $debug used to check if the function should run or not
* @global mixed $key this is a mixed data type based on the key value of the array passed in.
*
* @see dp()
*
*/
function vdpa($dbug) {
global $debug;
echo '<br/>';
foreach($dbug as $key=>$val){global ${$key};}
if($debug){
$rspan=count($dbug);
($rspan==0)?$colpct=100:$colpct=100/$rspan;
echo '<table cellspacing="2" cellpadding="5" width="75%" style="background-color:black;">'."\n";
echo '<tr><th colspan="'.$rspan.'" style="background-color:lightgrey;font-size:11pt; font-family:"Verdana";font-weight:bold;color:black;"> D E B U G : </th></tr>'."\n";
echo '<tr>'."\n";
foreach($dbug as $key=>$val){
echo '<td width="'.$colpct.'%" valign="top" style="background-color:white;font-size:8pt; font-family:"Verdana";font-weight:normal;color:black;">'."\n";
echo '<span style="background-color:white;font-size:10pt; font-family:"Verdana";font-weight:bold;color:blue;">"'.$val.'":</span> <pre>'."\n";
if(!is_array(${$key})){${$key}=htmlspecialchars(${$key});}
var_dump(${$key});
if(is_array(${$key})){reset(${$key});}
echo '</pre>'."\n";
echo '</td>'."\n";
}
echo '</tr></table><hr width="75%" align="left">'."\n";
}
}//end function vdpa()
?>
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