drupal7 mess utils

dumpGlobalVars.php

function dumpGlobalVars() {
    // usage: echo "<pre>".json_encode(dumpGlobalVars())."</pre>";  
    // you may want to base64_encode($json)
    // !!! WARNING: the result may contain sensitive data. prefer logging over echo to stdout !!!
    $d=(array)$GLOBALS;
    $removedFromSerializationText="***REMOVED_FROM_SERIALIZATION***";
    $d["_GET"]=$removedFromSerializationText;
    $d["_POST"]=$removedFromSerializationText;
    $d["_REQUEST"]=$removedFromSerializationText;
    $d["_SERVER"]=$removedFromSerializationText;
    $d["_COOKIE"]=$removedFromSerializationText;
    $d["_FILES"]=$removedFromSerializationText;
    $d["GLOBALS"]=$removedFromSerializationText;
    $d["timers"]=$removedFromSerializationText;
    $r=[];
    foreach ($d as $k=>$v) {
        $encoded = json_encode($v);
        if($encoded!==false) {
            $r[$k]=$v;
        }else {
            $r[$k]=$removedFromSerializationText;
        }
    }
    // remove stuff
    $r['databases']=$removedFromSerializationText;
    $r['conf']['404_fast_html']=$removedFromSerializationText;
    return $r;
}
echo "<pre>".json_encode(dumpGlobalVars())."</pre>";