output cli function

output.php

<?php
function output ( $str, $tabs = 0, $date = TRUE, $silent = FALSE )
{	
	// Silent echo's
	if( !empty($silent))
	{
		return FALSE;
	}

	if( is_array($str))
	{
		foreach ($str as $k => $v)
		{
			if( !is_array($v))
			{
				output( $k . ' => ' . $v, $tabs );
			}else{
				output( $k . ' => (', $tabs);
				output($v, $tabs+1);
				output(" )", $tabs);
			}
		}
	}else{
		$tab_ascii = (chr(9));
		if(empty($date))
		{
			$date = date('Y-m-d H:i:s');
			echo '[ ' . $date . '] :: ';	
		}
		if( $tabs > 0)
		{
			for( $n = $tabs; $n>0; $n--)
			{
				echo $tab_ascii;
			}
		}
		
		echo $str . PHP_EOL;
	}	
}
?>

Output string formatted with date. Perfect for CLI.

In your php use:

<?php
require_once "output.php";
output(array("ola","ola 1", "ola 2" => array('1','2','a','b' => array(array(1,2,3,4),array(5,6,7,8)))));
?>

Output:

0 => ola
1 => ola 1
ola 2 => (
0 => 1
1 => 2
2 => a
b => (
    0 => (
        0 => 1
        1 => 2
        2 => 3
        3 => 4
     )
    1 => (
        0 => 5
        1 => 6
        2 => 7
        3 => 8
     )
 )
  )