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Brent Heigold
Brent Heigold

Reputation: 1273

(PHP) var_dumping an object in structured format.

I need to analyze an object in my code, but when I do a var_dump (or print_r) it just prints the object out with no structure, for example: 

[0]=> object(simple_html_dom_node)#2185 (9) { ["nodetype"]=> int(1) ["tag"]=> string(3) "div" ["attr"]=> array(1) { ["class"]=> string(36) "element element--collection internal" } ["children"]=> array(2) { [0]=> object(simple_html_dom_node)#2187 (

I need to see it in a more structured format so I can see what is going on, i.e.: 

object(simple_html_dom_node)#2185 (9) { 
    ["nodetype"]=> int(1) 
    ["tag"]=> string(3) "div" 
    ["attr"]=> array(1) 
    { 
        ["class"]=> string(36) "element element--collection internal" 
    } 
    ["children"]=> array(2) { 
        [0]=> object(simple_html_dom_node)#2187 (9)

Does anyone know how to do this?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1687

Answers (2)

Barmar
Barmar

Reputation: 782158

The format you want is actually how var_dump() prints the object. The problem is that you're doing it in an HTML document, and the browser reformats it.

If you put it inside a <pre> tag, the browser will leave the formatting alone. So:

echo "<pre>"; var_dump($object); echo "</pre>";

Upvotes: 1

user9741470
user9741470

Reputation:

Try using var_export(), this function will give you a more readable structure of the object or data.

Upvotes: 0

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