Variation of var_dump which takes modifier as first parameter - PD::RETURN for returning value (default is echo), PD::PRE to contain dump in <pre>, PD::DIE to die() after run, PD::ESCAPE to escape HTML characters

pro_dump.php

	class PD {		
  const RETURN = 1;		
  const PRE = 2;		
  const DIE = 4;				
  const ESCAPE = 8;	
  }		
  
  function pro_dump() {		
  if (func_num_args() < 2) return false;		
  $vars = func_get_args($vars);		
  $type = $vars[0];		
  unset($vars[0]);				
  ob_start();		
  foreach ($vars as $var) var_dump($var);
  $result = ob_get_clean();
  if ($type & PD::ESCAPE) $result = htmlspecialchars($result);
  if ($type & PD::PRE) $result = "<pre>$result</pre>";
  if ($type & PD::RETURN) return $result; else echo $result;
  if ($type & PD::DIE) die();
  return true;
  }